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Subject ID
Month/Day/Year

Tinnitus Screener
interview-by-clinician version
(includes tinnitus categories)

Tinnitus is ringing, buzzing, humming or other noises in your ears or head.

During the PAST YEAR:

1. Have you experienced tinnitus lasting more than 2 - 3 minutes?

NO: STOP HERE No Tinnitus
YES:GO TO #2

2. Have you experienced tinnitus for at least 6 months?

NO: GO TO #3 Acute Tinnitus

YES: GO TO #3 Chronic Tinnitus

3. In a quiet room, can you hear tinnitus?

Always: STOP HERE Constant Tinnitus

Usually:STOP HERE Constant Tinnitus
Sometimes/Occasionally: GO TO #4

4. When you heard tinnitus this past year, was it caused by a recent event? (Examples: loud
concert, head cold, allergies, some medications)
NO: GO TO #6
YES, Sometimes: GO TO #5
YES, Always: STOP HERE Temporary Tinnitus

5. Does your tinnitus seem to "come and go" on its own, in addition to being caused
by a recent event(s)?
NO: STOP HERE Temporary Tinnitus
YES: GO TO #6

6. Do you experience tinnitus on a:

Daily or weekly basis:STOP HERE Intermittent Tinnitus
Monthly or yearly basis:STOP HERE Occasional Tinnitus

version 10/10/2017
Mini Nutritional Assessment
®
MNA
Last name: First name:

Sex: Age: Weight, kg: Height, cm: Date:

Complete the screen by filling in the boxes with the appropriate numbers. Total the numbers for the final screening score.

Screening
A Has food intake declined over the past 3 months due to loss of appetite, digestive problems, chewing or
swallowing difficulties?
0 = severe decrease in food intake
1 = moderate decrease in food intake
2 = no decrease in food intake

B Weight loss during the last 3 months

0 = weight loss greater than 3 kg (6.6 lbs)
1 = does not know
2 = weight loss between 1 and 3 kg (2.2 and 6.6 lbs)
3 = no weight loss

C Mobility
0 = bed or chair bound
1 = able to get out of bed / chair but does not go out
2 = goes out

D Has suffered psychological stress or acute disease in the past 3 months?

0 = yes 2 = no

E Neuropsychological problems
0 = severe dementia or depression
1 = mild dementia
2 = no psychological problems
2
F1 Body Mass Index (BMI) (weight in kg) / (height in m)
0 = BMI less than 19
1 = BMI 19 to less than 21
2 = BMI 21 to less than 23
3 = BMI 23 or greater

IF BMI IS NOT AVAILABLE, REPLACE QUESTION F1 WITH QUESTION F2.

DO NOT ANSWER QUESTION F2 IF QUESTION F1 IS ALREADY COMPLETED.

F2 Calf circumference (CC) in cm

0 = CC less than 31
3 = CC 31 or greater

Screening score
(max. 14 points)
Save
12-14 points: Normal nutritional status Print
8-11 points: At risk of malnutrition
Reset
0-7 points: Malnourished

Ref. Vellas B, Villars H, Abellan G, et al. Overview of the MNA® - Its History and Challenges. J Nutr Health Aging 2006;10:456-465.
Rubenstein LZ, Harker JO, Salva A, Guigoz Y, Vellas B. Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice: Developing the Short-Form Mini
Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF). J. Geront 2001;56A: M366-377.
Guigoz Y. The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) Review of the Literature - What does it tell us? J Nutr Health Aging 2006; 10:466-487.
Kaiser MJ, Bauer JM, Ramsch C, et al. Validation of the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA®-SF): A practical tool for identification
of nutritional status. J Nutr Health Aging 2009; 13:782-788.
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Patient Name:______________________ Date:_____________
Patient ID #________________________
LAWTON - BRODY
INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE (I.A.D.L.)

Scoring: For each category, circle the item description that most closely resembles the client’s highest functional
level (either 0 or 1).

A. Ability to Use Telephone E. Laundry

1. Operates telephone on own initiative-looks 1 1. Does personal laundry completely 1
up and dials numbers, etc. 2. Launders small items-rinses stockings, etc. 1
2. Dials a few well-known numbers 1 3. All laundry must be done by others 0
3. Answers telephone but does not dial 1
4. Does not use telephone at all 0
B. Shopping F. Mode of Transportation
1. Takes care of all shopping needs 1 1. Travels independently on public transportation or 1
independently drives own car
2. Shops independently for small purchases 0 2. Arranges own travel via taxi, but does not 1
3. Needs to be accompanied on any shopping 0 otherwise use public transportation
trip 3. Travels on public transportation when 1
4. Completely unable to shop 0 accompanied by another
4. Travel limited to taxi or automobile with 0
assistance of another
5. Does not travel at all 0
C. Food Preparation G. Responsibility for Own Medications
1. Plans, prepares and serves adequate meals 1 1. Is responsible for taking medication in correct 1
independently dosages at correct time
2. Prepares adequate meals if supplied with 0 2. Takes responsibility if medication is prepared in 0
ingredients advance in separate dosage
3. Heats, serves and prepares meals, or 0 3. Is not capable of dispensing own medication 0
prepares meals, or prepares meals but does
not maintain adequate diet
4. Needs to have meals prepared and served 0
D. Housekeeping H. Ability to Handle Finances
1. Maintains house alone or with occasional 1 1. Manages financial matters independently 1
assistance (e.g. "heavy work domestic help") (budgets, writes checks, pays rent, bills, goes to
2. Performs light daily tasks such as dish 1 bank), collects and keeps track of income
washing, bed making 2. Manages day-to-day purchases, but needs help 1
3. Performs light daily tasks but cannot 1 with banking, major purchases, etc.
maintain acceptable level of cleanliness 3. Incapable of handling money 0
4. Needs help with all home maintenance 1
tasks
5. Does not participate in any housekeeping 0
tasks

Score Score
Total score__________________
A summary score ranges from 0 (low function, dependent) to 8 (high function, independent) for women
and 0 through 5 for men to avoid potential gender bias.
Source: try this: Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults, The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing,
New York University, College of Nursing, www.hartfordign.org.
 Issue Number 23, Revised 2007 Series Editor: Marie Boltz, PhD, APRN, BC, GNP
Managing Editor: Sherry A. Greenberg, MSN, APRN, BC, GNP
New York University College of Nursing

The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale

By: Carla Graf, MS, APRN, BC, University of California, San Francisco
WHY: The assessment of functional status is critical when caring for older adults. Normal aging changes, acute illness, worsening chronic
illness, and hospitalization can contribute to a decline in the ability to perform tasks necessary to live independently in the community. The
information from a functional assessment can provide objective data to assist with targeting individualized rehabilitation needs or to plan for
specific in home services such as meal preparation, nursing care, home-maker services, personal care, or continuous supervision. A
functional assessment can also assist the clinician to focus on the person’s baseline capabilities, facilitating early recognition of changes that
may signify a need either for additional resources or for a medical work-up (Gallo, 2006).

BEST TOOL: The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL) is an appropriate instrument to assess independent living
skills (Lawton & Brody, 1969). These skills are considered more complex than the basic activities of daily living as measured by the Katz
Index of ADLs (See Try this: Katz Index of ADLs). The instrument is most useful for identifying how a person is functioning at the present
time, and to identify improvement or deterioration over time. There are eight domains of function measured with the Lawton IADL scale.
Women are scored on all 8 areas of function; historically, for men, the areas of food preparation, housekeeping, laundering are excluded.
Clients are scored according to their highest level of functioning in that category. A summary score ranges from 0 (low function, dependent)
to 8 (high function, independent) for women, and 0 through 5 for men.

TARGET POPULATION: This instrument is intended to be used among older adults, and can be used in community or hospital settings.
The instrument is not useful for institutionalized older adults. It can be used as a baseline assessment tool and to compare baseline function
to periodic assessments.

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY: Few studies have been performed to test the Lawton IADL scale psychometric properties. The Lawton IADL
Scale was originally tested concurrently with the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (PSMS). Reliability was established with twelve subjects
interviewed by one interviewer with the second rater present but not participating in the interview process. Inter-rater reliability was
established at .85. The validity of the Lawton IADL was tested by determining the correlation of the Lawton IADL with four scales that
measured domains of functional status, the Physical Classification (6-point rating of physical health), Mental Status Questionnaire (10-point
test of orientation and memory), Behavior and Adjustment rating scales (4-6-point measure of intellectual, person, behavioral and social
adjustment), and the PSMS (6-item ADLs). A total of 180 research subjects participated in the study, however, few received all five
evaluations. All correlations were significant at the .01 or .05 level. To avoid potential gender bias at the time the instrument was developed,
specific items were omitted for men. This assessment instrument is widely used both in research and in clinical practice.

STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS: The Lawton IADL is an easy to administer assessment instrument that provides self-reported
information about functional skills necessary to live in the community. Administration time is 10-15 minutes. Specific deficits identified can
assist nurses and other disciplines in planning for safe discharge.
Limitations of the instrument can include the self-report or surrogate report method of administration rather than a demonstration of the
functional task. This may lead either to over-estimation or under-estimation of ability. In addition, the instrument may not be sensitive to
small, incremental changes in function.

FOLLOW-UP: The identification of new disabilities in these functional domains warrants intervention and further assessment to prevent
ongoing decline and to promote safe living conditions for older adults. If using the Lawton IADL tool with an acute hospitalization, nurses
should communicate any deficits to the physicians and social workers/case managers for appropriate discharge planning.

MORE ON THE TOPIC:

Best practice information on care of older adults: www.ConsultGeriRN.org.
Gallo, J.J., & Paveza, G.J. (2006). Activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living assessment. In J.J. Gallo, H.R. Bogner, T. Fulmer,
& G.J. Paveza (Eds.), Handbook of Geriatric Assessment (4th ed., pp. 193-240). MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Graf, C. (2006). Functional decline in hospitalized older adults. AJN, 106(1), 58-67.
Lawton, M.P., & Brody, E.M. (1969). Assessment of older people: Self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living. The Gerontologist,
9(3), 179-186.
Pearson, V. (2000). Assessment of function. In R. Kane, & R. Kane (Eds.), Assessing Older Persons. Measures, Meaning and Practical Applications
(pp. 17-48). New York: Oxford University Press.

Permission is hereby granted to reproduce, post, download, and/or distribute, this material in its entirety only for not-for-profit educational purposes only, provided that
The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, College of Nursing, New York University is cited as the source. This material may be downloaded and/or distributed in electronic
format, including PDA format. Available on the internet at www.hartfordign.org and/or www.ConsultGeriRN.org. E-mail notification of usage to: hartford.ign@nyu.edu.

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 Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Patient’s Name: Date:

Instructions: Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity.

Maximum Patient’s
Questions
Score Score
5 “What is the year? Season? Date? Day? Month?”
5 “Where are we now? State? County? Town/city? Hospital? Floor?”
The examiner names three unrelated objects clearly and slowly, then
the instructor asks the patient to name all three of them. The patient’s
3
response is used for scoring. The examiner repeats them until patient
learns all of them, if possible.
“I would like you to count backward from 100 by sevens.” (93, 86, 79,
5 72, 65, …)
Alternative: “Spell WORLD backwards.” (D-L-R-O-W)
“Earlier I told you the names of three things. Can you tell me what
3
those were?”
Show the patient two simple objects, such as a wristwatch and a pencil,
2
and ask the patient to name them.
1 “Repeat the phrase: ‘No ifs, ands, or buts.’”
“Take the paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor.”
3
(The examiner gives the patient a piece of blank paper.)
“Please read this and do what it says.” (Written instruction is “Close
1
your eyes.”)
“Make up and write a sentence about anything.” (This sentence must
1
contain a noun and a verb.)
“Please copy this picture.” (The examiner gives the patient a blank
piece of paper and asks him/her to draw the symbol below. All 10
angles must be present and two must intersect.)
1

30 TOTAL
Interpretation of the MMSE:

Method Score Interpretation

Single Cutoff <24 Abnormal
<21 Increased odds of dementia
Range
>25 Decreased odds of dementia
21 Abnormal for 8th grade education
Education <23 Abnormal for high school education
<24 Abnormal for college education
24-30 No cognitive impairment
Severity 18-23 Mild cognitive impairment
0-17 Severe cognitive impairment

Interpretation of MMSE Scores:

Degree of Formal Psychometric Day-to-Day Functioning

Score
Impairment Assessment
If clinical signs of cognitive impairment May have clinically significant but mild
Questionably
25-30 are present, formal assessment of deficits. Likely to affect only most
significant
cognition may be valuable. demanding activities of daily living.
Formal assessment may be helpful to Significant effect. May require some
20-25 Mild better determine pattern and extent of supervision, support and assistance.
deficits.
Formal assessment may be helpful if Clear impairment. May require 24-hour
10-20 Moderate
there are specific clinical indications. supervision.
Marked impairment. Likely to require
0-10 Severe Patient not likely to be testable. 24-hour supervision and assistance
with ADL.

Source:
• Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR: “Mini-mental state: A practical method for grading the cognitive
state of patients for the clinician.” J Psychiatr Res 1975;12:189-198.
 Beck's Depression Inventory
This depression inventory can be self-scored. The scoring scale is at the end of the questionnaire.
1.
0 I do not feel sad.
1 I feel sad
2 I am sad all the time and I can't snap out of it.
3 I am so sad and unhappy that I can't stand it.
2.
0 I am not particularly discouraged about the future.
1 I feel discouraged about the future.
2 I feel I have nothing to look forward to.
3 I feel the future is hopeless and that things cannot improve.
3.
0 I do not feel like a failure.
1 I feel I have failed more than the average person.
2 As I look back on my life, all I can see is a lot of failures.
3 I feel I am a complete failure as a person.
4.
0 I get as much satisfaction out of things as I used to.
1 I don't enjoy things the way I used to.
2 I don't get real satisfaction out of anything anymore.
3 I am dissatisfied or bored with everything.
5.
0 I don't feel particularly guilty
1 I feel guilty a good part of the time.
2 I feel quite guilty most of the time.
3 I feel guilty all of the time.
6.
0 I don't feel I am being punished.
1 I feel I may be punished.
2 I expect to be punished.
3 I feel I am being punished.
7.
0 I don't feel disappointed in myself.
1 I am disappointed in myself.
2 I am disgusted with myself.
3 I hate myself.
8.
0 I don't feel I am any worse than anybody else.
1 I am critical of myself for my weaknesses or mistakes.
2 I blame myself all the time for my faults.
3 I blame myself for everything bad that happens.
9.
0 I don't have any thoughts of killing myself.
1 I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out.
2 I would like to kill myself.
3 I would kill myself if I had the chance.
10.
0 I don't cry any more than usual.
1 I cry more now than I used to.
2 I cry all the time now.
3 I used to be able to cry, but now I can't cry even though I want to.
11.
0 I am no more irritated by things than I ever was.
1 I am slightly more irritated now than usual.
2 I am quite annoyed or irritated a good deal of the time.
3 I feel irritated all the time.
12.
0 I have not lost interest in other people.
1 I am less interested in other people than I used to be.
2 I have lost most of my interest in other people.
3 I have lost all of my interest in other people.
13.
0 I make decisions about as well as I ever could.
1 I put off making decisions more than I used to.
2 I have greater difficulty in making decisions more than I used to.
3 I can't make decisions at all anymore.
14.
0 I don't feel that I look any worse than I used to.
1 I am worried that I am looking old or unattractive.
2 I feel there are permanent changes in my appearance that make me look
unattractive
3 I believe that I look ugly.
15.
0 I can work about as well as before.
1 It takes an extra effort to get started at doing something.
2 I have to push myself very hard to do anything.
3 I can't do any work at all.
16.
0 I can sleep as well as usual.
1 I don't sleep as well as I used to.
2 I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and find it hard to get back to sleep.
3 I wake up several hours earlier than I used to and cannot get back to sleep.

17.
0 I don't get more tired than usual.
1 I get tired more easily than I used to.
2 I get tired from doing almost anything.
3 I am too tired to do anything.
18.
0 My appetite is no worse than usual.
1 My appetite is not as good as it used to be.
2 My appetite is much worse now.
3 I have no appetite at all anymore.
19.
0 I haven't lost much weight, if any, lately.
1 I have lost more than five pounds.
2 I have lost more than ten pounds.
3 I have lost more than fifteen pounds.
20.
0 I am no more worried about my health than usual.
1 I am worried about physical problems like aches, pains, upset stomach, or
constipation.
2 I am very worried about physical problems and it's hard to think of much else.
3 I am so worried about my physical problems that I cannot think of anything else.
21.
0 I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex.
1 I am less interested in sex than I used to be.
2 I have almost no interest in sex.
3 I have lost interest in sex completely.

INTERPRETING THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY

Now that you have completed the questionnaire, add up the score for each of the twenty-one
questions by counting the number to the right of each question you marked. The highest possible
total for the whole test would be sixty-three. This would mean you circled number three on all
twenty-one questions. Since the lowest possible score for each question is zero, the lowest
possible score for the test would be zero. This would mean you circles zero on each question.
You can evaluate your depression according to the Table below.

Total Score____________________Levels of Depression

1-10____________________These ups and downs are considered normal

11-16___________________ Mild mood disturbance
17-20___________________Borderline clinical depression
21-30___________________Moderate depression
31-40___________________Severe depression
over 40__________________Extreme depression

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/NMCP2/PatientServices/
SleepClinicLab/Documents/Beck_Depression_Inventory.pdf