Mini-Cog — Brief Dementia Screening

The Mini-Cog is a validated 3-minute dementia screening tool consisting of a 3-item word recall test and a clock drawing test (CDT). It is widely used in primary care, geriatrics, and hospital settings due to its brevity, minimal training requirements, and good sensitivity (76–99%) and specificity (89–93%) for detecting dementia across diverse populations. The Mini-Cog is less education-biased than the MMSE and performs well in non-English-speaking populations.