The Mini-Mental State Examination

Mini-Mental State Examination

Orientation:
What is the (year)(season)(date)(day)(month)?
Where are we (state)(county)(town)(hospital)(floor)?
Registration:
Repeat 3 objects.
Number of trials:
Attention:

Recall:
Ask for the 3 objects repeated above.
Language:
Name a pencil and watch.
Repeat "No ifs, ands or buts."
Three stage command:
"Take this paper in your right hand,
fold it in half, and put it on the floor."
Read and obey the following: "Close your eyes."
Write a sentence.
Copy intersecting pentagons.

Score:	score

reset	generate

This script generates a scored Mini-Mental State Examination suitable for copying and pasting into a patient record.

Based on Marshal F. Folstein, Susan E. Folstein and Paul R. McHugh, “‘Mini-Mental State.’ A Practical Method for Grading the Cognitive State of Patients for the Clinician.” J. Psychiat. Res. 12(3): 189-198, 1975.

The MMSE and its documentation are widely available on the internet. Some links:
The original article at minimental.com
The John A. Hartford Foundation of Geriatric Nursing
Tufts University School of Medicine
The University of Iowa Geriatric Education Center
The Internet Stroke Center

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