Mini Mental State Examination
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1MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMS)
MAXIMUM
ACTUAL
ORIENTATION
SCORE
SCORE
5
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)
What is the YEAR, SEASON, DATE, DAY and MONTH?
5
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)
Where are we? STATE, COUNTY, CITY or TOWN, HOSPITAL, FLOOR?
REGISTRATION
3
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)
Name 3 common objects (APPLE, TABLE and PENNY):
Take 1 second to say each. Then ask the patient to repeat them
after you have said them. Give 1 point for each correct answer.
Then repeat them until he/she learns all 3.
ATTENTION AND CALULATION
Spell “WORLD” backwards. The score is the number of letters in
5
(
)
correct order (D_ L_ R_ O_ W_ ).
RECALL
3
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)
Ask for the 3 objects repeated above. Give 1 point for each correct.
(NOTE: recall cannot be tested if all 3 objects not remembered
during registration.)
LANGUAGE
Name a “PENCIL” and “WATCH”
2
(
)
(2 points)
Repeat the following:
“No ifs, ands, or buts.”
3
(
)
(1 point)
Follow a 3 stage command:
“Take a paper in your right hand,
3
(
)
fold it in half, and
put it on the floor.”
(3 points)
Read and obey the following:
“Close your eyes.”
1
(
)
(1 point)
“Write a sentence.”
1
(
)
(1 point)
“Copy the following design.”
1
(
)
(1 point)
No construction problem
TOTAL SCORE: ______
Adapted from Folstein MF, Folstein SE and McHugh PR. “Mimi-Mental State”: a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients
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