Validation of a New Cognitive Screening Method for Stroke Patients

Table 2

Description and scoring for the 12 CoMet subtests.

Subtest	Description	Score range
(1) Orientation	Six orientative questions	0-6
(2a) Writing sentences; (2b) Understanding instructions	(a) Writing one sentence from a model and making up another sentence; (b) Drawing following five instructions	0-2; 0-5
(3) Word fluency	Naming animals in one minute	0-16
(4) Episodic memory	Recalling a story	0-18
(5) Drawing	Drawing two pictures from a model	0-7
(6) Delayed episodic memory	Recalling a story	0-18
(7a) Object naming; (7b) Object memory	(a) Naming ten objects from the picture; (b) Recalling ten objects	0-10; 0-10
(8) Sentence repetition	Repeating a sentence read by the researcher	0-10
(9a) Object replacement; (9b) Object recognition	(a) Recalling ten objects and placing them in the right spot; (b) Recognizing 10 objects among other objects	0-10; 0-10
(10) Visual finding	Finding target symbol among different symbols as quickly as possible	0-18
(11) Number arranging	Arranging twelve numbers in descending order as quickly as possible	0-12
(12) Self-evaluation	Subject’s self-evaluation of CoMet performance	N/A