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Brief Alzheimer's Screen (BAS)

by plone — last modified 2005-12-09 07:39

BAS by Dr. David Chan, McMaster University

R = 3 object recall (4% vs 71%)
A = animals named in 30 seconds (7.5+/-2.8 vs 12.5+/-3.2)
D = Date (31% vs 95%)
S = Spell WORLD backwards (64% vs 92%)

BAS = 3 x R + 2/3 x A + 5 x D + 2 x S (cutoff point =24)
Score =