see also:

• neurology
• Clock Drawing Test print out (pdf)

• Ensure the patient is wearing glasses and/or hearing aids if required and assess the need for an interpreter.
• the clock test is a test of frontal and executive functioning and assess the need for further cognitive testing and screen for dementia.
• requirements: A4 sheet of paper and pen
• score 1 point for each component of the task correctly completed
• consider more detailed assessment or referral if difficulty in any task
• the clock drawing test is also used as a distractor in the Modified Mini-Cog Test

• Instruction given once:
  • Speak clearly and slowly and advise the person to listen carefully as you can only say this once - No prompting
  • “Draw a clock face with the numbers on it and draw in the hands as if it was Ten past Eleven”
• Scoring - 1 for each:
  • Draws a closed circle
  • Places numbers in the correct position
  • Includes all 12 numbers
  • Places clock hands in the correct position