One Minute Intelligence Quotient Test for Point-of-care Grading of the Severity of Lower Intelligence in the Patient Populations

Abstract

In conventional psychiatric assessments, intelligence is commonly assessed during history taking and the mental status examination, yielding a binary outcome of average or below-average/lower intelligence. However, this approach lacks the necessary severity grading for lower intelligence, which is crucial for prompt clinical management within the same consultation without any delay of formal intelligence quotient (IQ) testing. The authors introduce a novel one minute intelligence quotient test (OMI-Q) to address this gap. The study aims to compare the clinical concurrence between OMI-Q scores and those from formally administered IQ tests in a case series. Notably, a higher level of clinical concurrence is observed between the two sets of tests in this small sample. The OMI-Q is a brief, rapid, and point-of-care IQ test, easily administered within one minute as part of routine psychiatric evaluations. The substantial clinical concurrence between OMI-Q and formal IQ test scores indicates its potential for seamless integration into busy clinical practices. This is particularly beneficial in primary and secondary health-care settings, where waiting for formal IQ test reports is impractical for timely clinical management.

Keywords

• intellectual developmental disorder
• intellectual disability
• intelligence
• quotient
• test
• lower intelligence
• mental retardation
• 1-min intelligence quotient