The Mini-Mental Status Examination is a brief 30-point questionnaire test that is used to screen for cognitive impairment. It evaluates several areas of cognitive function including orientation, registration, attention, recall, and language. A score of 24 or lower indicates cognitive impairment, while a score between 25-27 suggests mild cognitive decline. The time of day and level of consciousness should also be recorded when administering the test.
The Mini-Mental Status Examination is a brief 30-point questionnaire test that is used to screen for cognitive impairment. It evaluates several areas of cognitive function including orientation, registration, attention, recall, and language. A score of 24 or lower indicates cognitive impairment, while a score between 25-27 suggests mild cognitive decline. The time of day and level of consciousness should also be recorded when administering the test.
The Mini-Mental Status Examination is a brief 30-point questionnaire test that is used to screen for cognitive impairment. It evaluates several areas of cognitive function including orientation, registration, attention, recall, and language. A score of 24 or lower indicates cognitive impairment, while a score between 25-27 suggests mild cognitive decline. The time of day and level of consciousness should also be recorded when administering the test.
Orientation 1. Ask the patient: What year, season, date, day, and month is it? 2. Ask the patient: What state, country, town, hospital, and floor are we in or on? 5 (1 for each correct answer) Registration 1. Ask the patient to name o!"ects, repeat them aloud to the patient, and ask the patient to say them a#ain. 2. $f the patient cannot recall the o!"ects, repeat them !ack until the patient learns all . %ount the num!er of trials and record: &&&&&
(1 for each correct
answer) Attention and calculation 1. 'a(e the patient recite serial )s, to 5. 2. Alternati(ely, ha(e the spell *world+ !ackward. 5 (1 for each correct answer) Recall Ask the patient to name the o!"ects from the re#istration task.
(1 for each correct
answer) Language 1. ,how the patient a pencil and a watch and ask what they are. 2. ,ay *-o ifs, ands, or !uts. and ask the patient to repeat it. . Ask the patient to follow a /sta#e command: .0ake a piece of paper in your ri#ht hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor.. 1. Ask the patient to follow sin#le commands: *%lose your eyes,+ *Write a sentence,+ and *copy this desi#n+ (after showin# the patient a desi#n of intersectin# penta#ons). 2 (1 for each correct response) -ote.3 A score of 425 indicates dementia. 6atients with the !eni#n for#etfulness of senility #enerally ha(e a score of 725. 8enerally, any score less than 21 is considered a!normal, !ut the cutoff (aries with the patient9s le(el of education. :ecause the results for this test can (ary o(er time, and for some people results can (ary durin# the day, record when (ie, the time and date) this test was performed. Also assess the patient9s le(el of consciousness alon# a continuum: alert, drowsy, stuporous, comatose.