79117-8

LOINC 2.82

Patient examination panel [GPCOG]

Definition

  • The Patient Examination portion of the General Practitioner assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) is a cognitive assessment for recall, time orientation, clock drawing, and ability to provide current news information.[PMID: 11943052] The screening tool is designed for primary care settings. Scores between 0-9 where 9 indicates no significant cognitive impairment (all answers are correct), 5-8 is equivocal, and 0-4 indicates cognitive impairment. If the patient scores 5-8, the patient's informant completes the informant questionnaire [LOINC: 79116-0]. If the patient scores 0-3 out of 6 on the informant questionnaire, cognitive impairment is indicated.

Component

  • Patient examination panel

Specimen / system

  • ^Patient

Class

  • PANEL.SURVEY.GPCOG

Property

  • -

Scale

  • -

Method

  • GPCOG

Related names

  • General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition; Pan; PANEL.SURVEY.GPCOG; Panl; Patient examination Pnl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; Survey; SURVEY.GPCOG

Index terms

  • General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition
  • Pan
  • PANEL.SURVEY.GPCOG
  • Panl
  • Patient examination Pnl
  • Pnl
  • Point in time
  • Random
  • Survey
  • SURVEY.GPCOG