Background:

one of the most widely used instruments in the medical literature for evaluating cognitive functions in older adults is the Clock Drawing test.

Objective:

to evaluate the normative values ​​of the Clock Drawing test, version of Cacho and García, in healthy elderly who attend grandparents' homes.

Methods:

a descriptive study was carried out from the quantitative approach. The universe was made up of 84 older adults who attend grandparents' homes in the Holguín municipality, in the period between May 2019 and March 2020. 60 older adults were selected through a probabilistic sampling. Socio-demographic, cognitive functioning and the normative values ​​of the Clock Drawing test were considered as variables. The semi-structured interview, the Mini-examination of the mental state, the Katz index, the Lawton scale and the Clock Drawing test were used. The results were processed with the EPIDAT 3.1 and MedCal packages.

Results:

the age range of the older adults was 61-93 years. There was the same percentage value for the female and male sex. Primary education level predominated. The elderly obtained in the Clock test a minimum score of 6.5 and a maximum of 10. The average value reached was 9.21.

Conclusions:

the minimum scores achieved by the elderly are within the normative values ​​of the qualification of the Clock test, for cognitively healthy elderly.

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