AMTS (Abbreviated Mental Test Score)
Scores the Abbreviated Mental Test (Hodkinson 1972), a ten-question bedside cognitive screen.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Age stated correctly
- Yes
- Time to the nearest hour
- Yes
- The current year
- Yes
- The name of the place
- Yes
- Recognizes two people
- Yes
- Date of birth
- Yes
- The name of the present monarch
- Yes
Result: AMTS 7 of 10 - between the two rules in common use: impaired by the widely used under-8 rule, not by the 6-or-below threshold from the validation literature.
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What the result means
- Two cutoffs
- 6 or below from the validation literature; under 8 from widespread clinical practice. They disagree, and both are reported.
- Score of 7
- Falls BETWEEN the two rules: impaired by the under-8 rule, not by the 6-or-below one.
- Scope
- A brief screen flagging the need for fuller assessment. Affected by education and language; does not diagnose dementia or delirium or tell them apart.
What you enter
- Age stated correctly
- Time to the nearest hour
- Recalls the address given at the star...
- The current year
- The name of the place
- Recognizes two people
- Date of birth
- The year the First World War started
The other 2 fields
- The name of the present monarch
- Counts backward from 20 to 1
How this is calculated
- Scoring
- Ten questions, one point each, total 0-10. Higher is better.
Hodkinson HM. Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly. Age Ageing. 1972;1(4):233-238. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.