Clock drawing test dementia

The clock drawing test can be used to test patients you suspect might have mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease. It is a quick easy test that just requires paper and pen and can be done in under a minute in clinic.

[MsAchampion]

My mothers doctor gave her this test. I almost cried when I saw that she had drawn all of the numbers on one side of the clock!

[anekber]

I was working with an elderly woman in a nursing facility who had difficulty drawing the lines so I instead asked her to point on a circle where 12, 3, 6, and 9 would be located and followed up on that with having her place a finger on the clock face where the big and little hand would be for two different times. She had no difficulty whatsoever pointing to the correct locations. Because she was elderly, had a thick accent that was difficult to understand, and she resided in the dementia ward someone might quickly assume she failed this test because she couldn’t draw a line. She just had tired hands and some arthritis in her fingers.

[plve]

Interesting video, but it would be more interesting to see more of how a person with dementia draws a clock, not just a quick photo at the end...

[senator]

My mother did this test. She did a good job drawing the round circle, and placed the numbers around the circle pretty well. Then to draw the hands to depict 10 to 11, she drew one hand to the ten, one hand to the 2, and one hand to the 11.

[ayanokojikiyotaka]

Watched this aftr coming across the clock scene in hannibal

[uiluvmp]

My best friend was showing definite signs of dementia, so I asked her to draw a clock face. All her numbers were in the top right quadrant, and went 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30.

[numbernine]

When somebody asked me to draw a calculator and realized I couldn't, I was sent to the hospital. Now getting treatment! Thanks Netflix!

[srtl_etter]

I just tried this test and boy oh boy do i have a surprise. I drew the clock wrong way, i never expected myself to forget how to remember one simple clock, alao had a difficulty telling what time it is on the hands i dreew on it. Been experiencing this for months and i think it just got worse after i had a head injury, contemplating on telling my mother since im afraid she'll call me delusional but i realy wanna go to a psychologist

[purplepaws]

I gave this test to my Mom as i am a bit worried about her memory, she was able to draw the clock, put in correct numbers but she didn’t do the time correctly. I was really surprised and now feeling dreadful

[Flake]

Just saw this test done by a character of a tv show I watch often...The elder woman drew the entire clock....The only issue was that she placed all the numbers onto the clock but she placed them all in the lower left (Where the 7 would be on a "typical widely used" clock.)....She placed the hands correctly (At 8:00)...It was so sad...The woman's adult children had to fight the words to come out of their mouths that "Mom just might have Alzheimer's."

[meouby]

Wow thanks it helps alot . Rather asking my patient on mmse this is kinda more quick and i check it has a predictive value of 98% . Quick and straight forward for dementia screening

[beckyfarmer]

What does it mean if the patient forgets to of the numbers of the clock

[Psy_tutors]

Sir can you please expln the interpretation of scores, in the case of measuring “planning ability “?

[Ashley-Bendiksen]

Do you have any idea WHY 11:10 is the most commonly used time? Is there a reasoning behind this?

[kamalishim]

I confused the long ppinter woth the small one and switched then is that bad?

[Potencyfunction]

Is that adult test in dementia. they dont understand the clock after you told them

[Inky_X]

0:56 AT THIS POINT I COULD SMELL THE SHARPIE NO ONE IN MY HOUSE IS USING ONE

[hafidlarfi]

Thank you, doctor, for this clarification. Please. I am a clinical psychologist. I am looking for a way to correct the test. Where can I find it? Do you have a copy?

[mjsanchez]

This test assumes that the patient knows what a clock is and how the numbers are laid out.
What if you are testing a tribal Indian from South America ?

[MANUALinappropriate]

Everyone knows what a clock looks like 🤦🏻‍♂️. Can you show someone who fails it. 🙄