Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test: Suitable for the visually impaired?

Abstract

Unsurprisingly, visually impaired individuals perform worse than controls on MMSE items requiring vision. The issue of meaningful cognitive assessment in visually impaired individuals may become of increasing importance due to an association between cognitive decline and visual loss. Dr Larner reports on the effectiveness of using the Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT) in visually impaired patients and examines its potential use in settings such as primary care and old age psychiatry memory clinics.