the AMT - abbreviated mental test is a simple and easy-to-administer test to assess the patient for cognitive impairment.
the only problem arises when we have to use Hokkien to administer it, which is like almost all the time… even worse when it’s cantonese hahahah…
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This component assesses pt’s knowledge of current affairs:
It really happened at ward round…
doc: ah-po, lerh zai sing ga poh eh zong li si si-mi-lang?
doc: ( ah-p0, you know who is singapore’s PM?)
ah-po: orh lang orh lang!
oh manz… i’m not going to translate this sentence… those who understand hokkien should be laughing their heads off…. those who don’t, well too bad lor… heh heh…
doc: mm si zong tong la! zong li! zong li si si-mi-lang?
doc: not ‘zong tong’, PM, who’s the PM?
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This component assesses pt’s ability to count from 20 to 1 backwards, but it’s difficult to explain this to the elderly, so a popular way is to use money to help them count.
me: ah-po, hor lerh ji tzap kor, qiam yit kor, ji zun wu gui kor?
me: (ah-po, give you $20, minus $1, now got how much?
ah-po: er…… seng tzap kau kor lor…
ah-po: (left $19 lor)
me: tzap kau kor keh qiam yit kor leh?
me: $19 minus $1 more?
ah-po: tzap puay la!
ah-po: ($18 la!)
me: keh qiam yit leh?
me: (minus another $1?)
ah-po: keh qiam qiam qiam boh lui liao la!
ah-po: (minus somemore no money liao la!)
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aiyo i love those old people lor… so cute one…
