Name: LABRA, SUNSHINE M.
Date: FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Section: BSN1-A
Classwork 2: Screening Tests
Instruction: Complete the Table
Test
Definition
1. Metro Manila
Development
Screening Test
(MMDST)
The Metro Manila
Developmental Screening Test
(MMDST) is a screening test to
note for normalcy of the child's
development and to determine
any delays.
HEADSSS is a screening tool to
assess risks that can be used
for all adolescents.
6 and 1/2 years
old and below.
To determine early serious
developmental delays.
10 years of age in
young women and
11 years in young
men.
Suicide risk assessment is a
process of estimating the
likelihood for a person to
attempt or die by suicide.
The Mini–Mental State
Examination or Folstein test is a
30-point questionnaire that is
used extensively in clinical and
research settings to measure
cognitive impairment. It is
commonly used in medicine
and allied health to screen for
dementia.
The Geriatric Depression Scale
is a 30-item self-report
assessment used to identify
depression in the elderly.
This tool was designed to
evaluate a patient's risk at
triage for signs of violence or
behaviours that may indicate a
risk for impending violence.
Ages 18 and older.
Provides a systematic approach
to the adolescentinterview
progressing fromthe least
threatening topicsto the
mospersonal sensitive subject.
A suicide risk screening can help
find out how likely it is that
someone will try to take their
own life.
To check for cognitive
impairment (problems with
thinking, communication,
understanding and memory).
Is the most appropriate
instrument to assess functional
status as a measurement of the
client's ability to perform
activities of daily living
independently.
2. HEADSSS
Assessment
3. Suicide Risk
Assessment (SRA)
4. Mini-Mental State
Exam (MMSE)
5. Geriatric
Depression Scale
(GDS)
6. Violence
Assessment Tool
(VAT)
7. Katz Index for ADL
Age Applicable
20 to 92 years old.
Purpose
40 years old and
above
Designed specifically to screen
for depression in geriatric
populations.
18 years old and
above.
Provides a snapshot of a client's
immediate risk of violence by
identifying behaviours
associated with increased risk.
85 years old and
below.
The purpose of the Index of
ADL, or KATZ ADL, is to monitor
the prognosis and treatment of
older adults and chronically ill
people.
8. Gordon’s
Functional Patterns
Screening Test
Gordon's functional health
patterns is a method devised
by Marjory Gordon to be used
by nurses in the nursing
process to provide a more
comprehensive nursing
assessment of the patient.
80 years old and
below.
Guide for establishing a
comprehensive nursing data
base.