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Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)

PsychiatryMovement disordersMedication safetyBeta toolThis tool is in beta. It has undergone internal validation but still requires additional testing. Always confirm the data entered and the results obtained before clinical use. It should not be used as the sole basis for clinical decisions.
Motor items 1-7
Score 0 through 4 using the canonical AIMS anchors.
Score 0 through 4 using the canonical AIMS anchors.
Score 0 through 4 using the canonical AIMS anchors.
Score 0 through 4 using the canonical AIMS anchors.
Exclude tremor from this item.
Score 0 through 4 using the canonical AIMS anchors.
Includes neck, shoulders, and hips.
Global judgments 8-10
Record separately from the motor subtotal.
Record separately from the motor subtotal.
Use 0 no awareness through 4 aware with severe distress.
Context items 11-14
11. Current problems with teeth and/or denturesRequired contextual item with no effect on the motor subtotal.
12. Does patient usually wear denturesRequired contextual item with no effect on the motor subtotal.
13. EdentulismoRequired contextual item with no effect on the motor subtotal.
14. Do movements disappear in sleepRequired contextual item with no effect on the motor subtotal.

Clinical noticeEducational support for clinician-administered AIMS documentation only. It does not replace specialist assessment or diagnose tardive dyskinesia on its own.

Context and use

AIMS motor subtotal = item 1 + item 2 + item 3 + item 4 + item 5 + item 6 + item 7

Items 8-10 are recorded separately and items 11-14 are contextual; none of them changes the 0-28 motor subtotal.

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