OBJECTIVES To assess the usefulness, relative ease of administration, and patient acceptance of the clock drawing test as well as the time and change test for detecting dementia in Chinese elderly adults. DESIGN Prospective case-controlled study. SETTING Memory clinic and geriatric clinic of a district hospital, Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS A convenient sample of 85 subjects aged 65 years or o...

Clock drawing is a quick, easy to remember test that is well received by patients. It is a good screening test for Alzheimer's disease in the outpatient setting. We evaluated its usefulness compared with the standard Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) in elderly acute medical and surgical hospital admissions. Within 48 hours of admission, 117 patients over 70 years old were administered the M...