6CIT (Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test)
6CIT (Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test, Kingshill Version 2000; Brooke and Bullock 1999): brief primary-care dementia screen.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Year named incorrectly
- Yes
- Counting backward errors
- One error (2)
- Address parts missed
- One component missed (2)
Result: 6CIT 8 of 28 - significant, in the range usually treated as a reason to consider referral.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Direction
- An INVERSE score: points are earned for errors, so higher is worse. Maximum 28.
- 0-7
- Normal range.
- 8-9
- Significant; usually treated as a reason to consider referral.
- 10-28
- Significant; usually treated as a reason to refer.
What you enter
- Year named incorrectly (4)
- Month named incorrectly (3)
- Time wrong by over an hour (3)
- Counting backward errors
- Months in reverse errors
- Address parts missed
How this is calculated
- Weights
- Year 4, month 3, time 3, counting backward up to 4, months in reverse up to 4, address recall 2 per component missed up to 10.
Brooke P, Bullock R. Validation of a 6 item cognitive impairment test with a view to primary care usage. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1999;14(11):936-940. Kingshill Version 2000, free for healthcare professionals. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.