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SLUMS Examination & The Geriatric Depression Scale

David A. Smith, M.D., FAAFP, CMD, Geriatric Consultants of Central Texas, P.A.

Participant #1

“Duke”

Participant #2

“Shirley”

Participant #3

“Morris”

Saint Louis University

Mental Status

(SLUMS)

Examination SH Tariq, N Tumosa, JT Chibnall, HM Perry III, and JE Morley. The Saint

Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) Examination for Detecting Mild

Cognitive Impairment and Dementia is more sensitive than the Mini-

Mental Status Examination (MMSE) – A pilot study. J am Geriatr

Psychiatry 14:900-910, 2006

Geriatric

Depression

Scale Answers indicating depression are highlighted in bold.

Each bold answer counts as 1 point;

scores greater than 5 indicate probable depression.

Ref. Yesavage, J.A., Brink, T.L., Rose, T.L., Lum, O., Huang, V., Adey, M., Leirer,

V.O. (1983).

Development and Validation of a Geriatric Depression Screening Scale:

A Preliminary Report. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 17: 37-49.

Question #1

What day is it?

Question #2

What is the year?

Question #3

What state are we in?

Question #4

Please remember these five objects.

I will ask you what they are later.

Apple

Pen

Tie

House

Car

Question #5

You have $100 and you go to the

store and buy a dozen apples for $3

and a tricycle for $20.

How much did you spend?

How much do you have left?

Question #6

Please name as many animals as

you can in one minute.

0-4 animals = 0 points

5-9 animals = 1 point

10-14 animals = 2 points

15+ animals = 3 points

Question #7

What were the five objects I asked

you to remember?

Apple

Pen

Tie

House

Car

Question #8

I am going to give you a series of

numbers and I would like you to give

them to me backwards.

87

649

8537

Question #9

Make this circle into a clock by

putting in the hour markers and the

time at ten minutes to eleven o’clock.

Question #11

I am going to tell you a story. Please

listen carefully because afterwards,

I’m going to ask you some questions

about it.

Question #11

Jill was a very successful stockbroker. She

made a lot of money on the stock market. She

then met Jack, a devastatingly handsome man.

She married him and had three children. They

lived in Chicago. She then stopped work and

stayed at home to bring up her children. When

they were teenagers, she went back to work.

She and Jack lived happily ever after.

Question #11

What was the female’s name?

What work did she do?

When did she go back to work?

What state did she live in?

SLUMS Scoring

High School Education

27-30 Normal

20-26 MCI

1-19 Dementia

Less than High School Education

20-30 Normal

15-19 MCI

1-14 Dementia

SLUMS Scoring

High School Education

27-30 Normal

20-26 MCI

1-19 Dementia

Less than High School Education

20-30 Normal ----------Duke’s SLUMS score = 20

15-19 MCI

1-14 Dementia

SLUMS Scoring

High School Education

27-30 Normal --------Shirley’s SLUMS score = 30

20-26 MCI

1-19 Dementia

Less than High School Education

20-30 Normal

15-19 MCI

1-14 Dementia

SLUMS Scoring

High School Education

27-30 Normal

20-26 MCI

1-19 Dementia

Less than High School Education

20-30 Normal

15-19 MCI --------------Morris’ SLUMS score =16

1-14 Dementia