PICA 16 Steps

Question 1

1 No response

Answer 1

patient exhibits no awareness of test item

Question 2

2 attention

Answer 2

patient attends to test item but gives no response

Question 3

3 minimal

Answer 3

unintelligible response which cannot be differentiated from other responses

Question 4

4 unitelligible

Answer 4

unintelligible or incomprehensible response which can be differentiated from other responses

Question 5

5 intelligible

Answer 5

intelligible response which is not associated with the test item, for example, perseverative or automatic responses or an expressed indication of inability to respond (crossed the threshold of “relatedness” now responses have something to do with the task at hand

Question 6

6 error

Answer 6

inaccurate response to test item

Question 7

7 related

Answer 7

inaccurate response to test item which is clearly related to or suggestive of an accurate response (crossed the threshold of “relatedness” now responses have something to do with the task at hand

Question 8

8 cued

Answer 8

accurate response to test item stimulated stimulated by a cue, additional information, or another test item

Question 9

9 repetition

Answer 9

accurate response to test item after a repetition of the instructions by request or after a prolonged delay

Question 10

10 corrected

Answer 10

accurate response to test item self-correcting a previous error without request or after a prolonged delay

Question 11

11 incomplete-delayed

Answer 11

accurate, responsive, incomplete response to test item which is significantly slowed or delayed

Question 12

12 incomplete

Answer 12

accurate, responsive response to test item which is lacking in completeness

Question 13

13 complete-delayed

Answer 13

accurate, responsive, complete response to the test item in which is significantly slowed or delayed

Question 14

14 distorted

Answer 14

accurate, responsive, complete response to test item, but with reduced facility of production

Question 15

15 complete

Answer 15

accurate, responsive, complete, immediate response to test item

Question 16

16 complex

Answer 16

accurate responsive, complex, immediate, elaborative response to test item