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The Mini-Mental Status
Examination (MMSE)
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Points |
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Orientation
Name:
season/date/day/month/year
Name:
hospital/floor/town/state/country |
5 (1 for
each name)
5 (1 for
each name) |
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Registration
Identify
three objects by name and
ask patient to repeat |
3 (1 for
each object) |
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Attention
and calculation
Serial
7s; subtract from 100 (e.g.,
93-86-79-72-65) |
5 (1 for
each subtraction) |
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Recall
Recall
the three objects presented
earlier |
3 (1 for
each object) |
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Language
Name
pencil and watch
Repeat
‘‘No ifs, ands, or buts’’
Follow a
3-step command (e.g., ‘‘Take
this paper, fold it in half,
and place it on the table’’)
Write
‘‘close your eyes’’ and ask
patient to obey written
command
Ask
patient to write a sentence
Ask
patient to copy a design
(e.g., intersecting
pentagons) |
2 (1 for
each object)
1
3 (1 for
each command)
1
1
1 |
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TOTAL |
30 |
The MMSE is
an easily administered 30-point
test of cognitive function and
contains tests of orientation,
working and episodic memory,
language comprehension, naming,
and copying.
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Folstein MF, Folstein
SE, McHugh PR.
"Mini-mental state". A
practical method for
grading the cognitive
state of patients for
the clinician. J
Psychiatr Res. 1975
Nov;12(3):189-98.
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