BEST TOOL: The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a tool that can be used to systematically and thoroughly assess mental status. It is an 11-question measure that tests five areas of cognitive function: orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall, and language. The maximum score is 30.

Instructions: Ask the questions in the order listed. Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity. “What is the year? Season? Date? Day of the week? Month?” “Where are we now: State? County? Town/city? Hospital? Floor?”

Assess the person’s ability to hear and understand very simple conversation, e.g. What is your name? If the person uses hearing or visual aids, provide these before starting. 2. Introduce yourself and try to get the person’s confidence.

2021年6月5日 · The Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) is a cognitive screening tool that provides a brief, objective measure of cognitive function. It can be used to screen for cognitive impairment, to estimate the severity of the impairment, and to document cognitive change over time.

2022年12月12日 · Learn about the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), an Alzheimer’s / dementia test. Where to get it, how to take it and how to score it.

Instructions: Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity. “What is the year? Season? Date? Day? Month?” “Where are we now? State? County? Town/city? Hospital? Floor?” The examiner names three unrelated objects clearly and slowly, then the instructor asks the patient to name all three of them.

The Mini-mental state examination is scored on a scale of 0-30 with scores > 25 interpreted as normal cognitive status. Severe cognitive impairment: 0-17; Mild cognitive impairment: 18-23; No cognitive impairment: 24-30

2022年10月13日 · The mini mental state examination provides measures of orientation, registration (immediate memory), short-term memory (but not long-term memory) as well as language functioning. The examination has been validated in a number of populations.

2020年7月10日 · The MMSE is a brief screening tool that provides a quantitative assessment of cognitive impairment and to record cognitive changes over time. Activities of Daily Living. Cognition. Observer. Paper & Pencil. Not Free. The MMSE-1 is freely available on the Internet.

The Folstein Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) is a widely used cognitive screening tool. MMSE assesses mental status and detects cognitive impairment in patients. The guide covers MMSE components, scoring system, and clinical applications.