Mini-mental state examination

30 out of 30.

 

Orientation (10)

Time

Year, season, month, date, day (5)

Place

Country, state, town, hospital, ward (5)

Registration (3)

Remember and repeat names of 3 objects (3)

Attention/calculation (5)

Serial 7s OR World (5)

Recall (3)

Remember again the 3 objects (3)

Language (9)

Identify 2 objects (2)

"No ifs, ands, or buts" (1)

3 stage command (3)

Read and obey a written command (1)

Write a sentence (1)

Copy a graph (1)

 

Breakdown

3 x 5 mark questions

• Time
• Place
• Serial 7/World

3 x 3 mark questions

• Remember 3 objects
• Recall 3 objects
• 3 stage command

1 x 2 mark question

• Identify 2 objects

4 x 1 mark questions

• "No ifs, ands, or buts"
• Read and obey a written command
• Write a sentence
• Copy a graph