{"id":5706,"date":"2018-03-13T19:10:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T19:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/?p=111"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:09:05","slug":"neurommse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/neurommse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The MMSE is an easily administered 30-point test of cognitive function and contains tests of orientation, working and episodic memory, language comprehension, naming, and copying.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"12\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"12\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong> Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"35\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong> Orientation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Name: season\/date\/day\/month\/year<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Name: hospital\/floor\/town\/state\/country<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"35\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">.<br \/>\n5 (1 for each name)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">5 (1 for each name)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"23\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong> Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Identify three objects by name and ask patient to repeat<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"23\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">.<br \/>\n3 (1 for each object)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"23\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong>Attention and calculation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Serial 7s; subtract from 100 (e.g., 93-86-79-72-65)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"23\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">.<br \/>\n5 (1 for each subtraction)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"23\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong>Recall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Recall the three objects presented earlier<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"23\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">.<br \/>\n3 (1 for each object)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"107\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong> Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Name pencil and watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Repeat \u2018\u2018No ifs, ands, or buts\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Follow a 3-step command (e.g., \u2018\u2018Take this paper, fold it in half, and place it on the table\u2019\u2019)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Write \u2018\u2018close your eyes\u2019\u2019 and ask patient to obey written command<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Ask patient to write a sentence<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">Ask patient to copy a design (e.g., intersecting pentagons)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"107\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">.<br \/>\n2 (1 for each object)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">3 (1 for each command)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">.<br \/>\n1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">1<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 69.5971%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"404\" height=\"11\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong> TOTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 30.1587%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"194\" height=\"11\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong> 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"justify\">Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. &#8220;Mini-mental state&#8221;. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res. 1975 Nov;12(3):189-98. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/1202204\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Gallegos M, Morgan ML, Cervigni M, Martino P, Murray J, Calandra M, Razumovskiy A, Caycho-Rodr\u00edguez T, Gallegos WLA. 45 Years of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE): A perspective from ibero-america. Dement Neuropsychol. 2022 Jul 29;16(4):384-387. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36530763\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created: Oct 17, 2007.<br \/>\nUp-date: Mar 3, 2026.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[543,1921,1920,2052,2053,2054,1300,547],"class_list":["post-5706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neurology","tag-estado","tag-examen","tag-examination","tag-mental","tag-mini","tag-mmse","tag-neurology","tag-status"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5706"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10680,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions\/10680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}