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  Approaches to the Management of Cognitive Dysfunction

John E. Morley, M.D.

Mini-Mental State Examination

Patient's name: _________________ Date: _______________
Age and sex: _______________ Examiner: _______________


  Maximal score Patient's score
Orientation
What is the year? season? date? day? month?
5 _____
Where are we--state? country? town? building? floor?
5 _____
Registration
Name 3 objects [apple, table, penny] (take 1 second to say each). Then ask the patient to name all 3 after you have said them. Give 1 point for each correct answer.

Repeat them until the patient learns all 3.

Number of trials: _____
3 _____
Attention and calculation
Subtract serial 7s: 100, 93, 86, 79, 72, 65. Give 1 point for each correct number; stop after 5 answers.
5 _____
Recall
Ask for the names of the 3 previously mentioned objects. Give 1 point for each correct answer.
3 _____
Language
Point to a pencil and a watch. Ask the patient to name them.
2 _____
Have the patient repeat the following phrase:

"No ifs, ands, or buts."
1 _____
Ask the patient to follow this command:

"Take a paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor."
3 _____
Ask the patient to read and obey the following:

"CLOSE YOUR EYES."
1 _____
Ask the patient to write a sentence here:
____________________________

____________________________
1 _____
Have the patient copy this design:

1 _____
 
TOTAL 30 _____

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