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## What is The Clock-in-the-Box?

The Clock-in-the-Box (CIB) is a brief (under two minutes) cognitive screening instrument that can help identify patients with cognitive or functional deficits. The CIB is a cognitive screening instrument and should not be used as the sole factor in identifying patients with cognitive disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or delirium.

## Use of The CIB

Benefits of the Clock-in-the-box diagnostic include:

- Quick to administer
- Memory/Executive Functioning Subscales
- Written Instructions at a 7th Grade level
- Normative Data
- Training site for scoring

The CIB was developed by Drs. Laura Grande, Regina McGlinchey, & William Milberg who were employees of the VA New England Geriatric Research, Education, & Clinical Center. All work using the CIB should cite the creators appropriately.