Abstract
Cognitive assessment is a cornerstone of geriatric care. Cognitive impairment has the potential to significantly impact multiple phases of a person’s cancer care experience. Accurately identifying this vulnerability is a challenge for many cancer care clinicians, thus the use of validated cognitive assessment tools are recommended. As international cancer guidelines for older adults recommend Geriatric Assessment (GA) which includes an evaluation of cognition, clinicians need to be familiar with the overall interpretation of the commonly used cognitive assessment tools. This rapid review investigated the cognitive assessment tools that were most frequently recommended by Geriatric Oncology guidelines: Blessed Orientation-Memory-Concentration test (BOMC), Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Mini-Cog, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). A detailed appraisal of the strengths and limitations of each tool was conducted, with a focus on practical aspects of implementing cognitive assessment tools into real-world clinical settings. Finally, recommendations on choosing an assessment tool and the additional considerations beyond screening are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3987-4003 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Current Oncology |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2021 |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Aged
- Clinical decision-making
- Cognition/physiology
- Cognitive dysfunction/diagnosis
- Dementia/diagnosis
- Geriatric assessment/methods
- Medical oncology/standards
- Screening
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