Brief Description
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) measures how often people experience cognitive failures. Examples of cognitive failures include: forgetfulness, distractibility, and poor cognitive or behavioral performance that may be related to stress, mental health issues, physical health issues, or neurocognitive disorders (NOT due to ability). Respondents answer how often they experience the cognitive symptoms listed (e.g., “Do you find you forget your appointments?”) on a scale from “Never” to “Very often”.
Assessment Administration Type
Self-report
Number of questions
25
Age Range for Administration
16+
Recommended Frequency of Administration
Every six months
Summary of Scoring and Interpretations
The CFQ contains 25 questions scored on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (“Never”) to 4 (“Very often”). A total score is obtained by summing the item responses and ranges from 0 to 100. Higher scores suggest higher frequency of cognitive failures. There are no official subscales in the original CFQ and Blueprint has not added any subscale scoring information to the CFQ. But some clinicians find it helpful to consider the subscales proposed by Rast et al. (2009) for research purposes:
Forgetfulness: 1, 2, 5, 7, 17, 20, 22, and 23
Distractibility: 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19, 21, and 25
False Triggering: 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 18, 23, and 24
Blueprint Adjustments
N/A
Clinical Considerations
Estimated completion time: 5-15 minutes
Health history and age are important factors to consider when using and interpreting the CFQ.
Clinicians may use the CFQ to inform how much stress a client is under, explore related mental health issues, bring up a conversation about possibly physical health issues, and/or explore possible neurocognitive disorders.
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