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Table 4 List of MMSE and ADAS-Cog items that constitute the three cognitive domains

From: Changes in cognitive domains during three years in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with donepezil

General domain

Memory domain

Spatial domain

m2

Registration

m1

Orientation

m3

Attention

m5a

Naming

m4

Recall

m5c

Comprehension (.5)

m5b

Repetition (.5)

a1

Word Recall Task

m5e

Writing Ability

m5c

Comprehension (.5)

a3

Delayed Word Recall

m5f

Visual Construction

m5d

Reading Ability

a7

Orientation

a4

Commands (.5)

a2

Naming

a8

Word Recognition

a5

Constructional Praxis

a4

Commands (.5)

  

a6

Ideational Praxis (.5)

a6

Ideational Praxis (.5)

    

a10

Spoken Language Ability

    

a11

Word-finding Difficulty

    

a12

Comprehension

    

a13

Concentration

    
  1. Note. The code before each item indicates the succession number in our versions of the tests, m = MMSE and a = ADAS-Cog. The ".5" after an item indicates that the item contribute to its domain with half the weight.