Name:
MINI MENTAL STATE
DOB:
EXAMINATION
Hospital Number:
(MMSE)
DATE:
One point for each answer
ORIENTATION
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Year
Season
Month
Date
Time
Country
Town
District
Hospital
Ward/Floor
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REGISTRATION
Examiner names three objects (e.g. apple, table, penny) and asks the
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patient to repeat (1 point for each correct. THEN the patient learns
the 3 names repeating until correct).
ATTENTION AND CALCULATION
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Subtract 7 from 100, then repeat from result. Continue five times:
100, 93, 86, 79, 65. (Alternative: spell “WORLD” backwards: DLROW).
RECALL
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Ask for the names of the three objects learned earlier.
LANGUAGE
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Name two objects (e.g. pen, watch).
Repeat “No ifs, ands, or buts”.
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Give a three-stage command. Score 1 for each stage. (e.g. “Place
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index finger of right hand on your nose and then on your left ear”).
Ask the patient to read and obey a written command on a piece of
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paper. The written instruction is: “Close your eyes”.
Ask the patient to write a sentence. Score 1 if it is sensible and has a
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subject and a verb.
COPYING:
Ask the patient to copy a pair of intersecting pentagons
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TOTAL:
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MMSE scoring
24-30: no cognitive impairment
18-23: mild cognitive impairment
0-17: severe cognitive impairment