Table 4 Proposed new PTA scale
From: Development and external validation of a new PTA assessment scale
1. | What is your age? | …./1 |
2. | Where are you now? (name hospital) | …./1 |
3. | What time is it? (margin 30 minutes) | …./1 |
4. | Which day of the week do you think it is? | …./1 |
5. | Which month of the year do you think it is? | …./1 |
6. | How did you get here? (mode of transport) | …./1 |
On first administration end here and present three words as memory items (procedure see below); on the consecutive administrations (for instance one hour) continue: | ||
7. | Can you recall the three words you heard last | Â |
|  | administration? | …./3 |
- If less than 3 words are recalled: present the same three words that should have been remembered for this day as memory items. | ||
| Â | While presenting the new words: | Â |
| Â | Can you repeat the words I am presenting you? Immediately after presenting the three words: | Â |
| Â | Can you tell me the three words you just have heard? | Â |
| Â | If not: present the words once more and have the patient repeat them. | Â |
 Score one point for every correct answer to the items 1–6 (maximum 6 points) and 1 point for every word correctly recalled.  | ||
|  |  |  Sum score  …./9 |