The Mini-Cog is a 3-minute instrument developed for rapid dementia screening of aging populations, including older adults in primary care settings. Its development was based on both theoretical and practical considerations: a screening tool should capture critical cognitive deficits present in demented individuals; be brief and easily accepted by patients and relatively insensitive to level of education; require little translation or interpretation to administer to the growing non-English speaking older population of the United States; and easily learned by non-professionals. In both community and epidemiological samples the Mini-Cog has performed as well or better than the MMSE and longer batteries in identifying demented individuals, and is now being tested prospectively in primary care trials.
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