MMSE

Question 1

what are the 6 main categories of the MMSE?

Answer 1

Orientation
Registration
Attention and Calculation
Recall
Language
Copying

Question 2

describe orientation? no of points>

Answer 2

Temporal orientation- year, season, month, day of week, date
Spatial orientation- what building, room, town, city, county

5 marks- temporal orientation
5 marks- spatial orientation

Question 3

describe registration?

Answer 3

name 3 objects…..1 second to say each…
get patient to repeat them
1 mark for each one renamed properly

if they do not remember——-repeat until they do and record no of trials

Question 4

what comes after registration?

Answer 4

attention and calculation

Question 5

describe atttention and calculation?

Answer 5

serial 7’s….subtract 7 from 100

stop after 5 subtractions……

1 mark for each correct subtraction- 5 marks in total

Question 6

what comes after attention and calculation?

Answer 6

recall

Question 7

describe recall?

Answer 7

recall the 3 objects that were mentioned earlier

1 mark for each

Question 8

what comes after recall?

Answer 8

language

Question 9

describe language?

Answer 9

naming objects—–point to 2 objects and ask the patient to name them; eg a pencil and a watch……1 mark for each of them

repeat”no ifs and no buts”—1 mark

follow command “take a piece of paper in your right hand , fold it in half and put it ;on the floor—-3 marks

read and obey the following “CLOSE YOUR EYES”….1 mark

writing: ask the patient to write a sentence - 1 mark

Question 10

what comes after language? and describe it.

Answer 10

copying the design, 2 pentagons

1 mark

Question 11

how many marks in total?

what are the categories and classification?

Answer 11

Scores of 25-30 out of 30 are considered normal; the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) classifies 21-24 as mild, 10-20 as moderate and