Folstein – Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Max Score Correct Incorrect

Orientation 10

What is today’s date?

What is the year?

What is the month?

What day is it?

What season is it?

What building are we in?

What floor are we on?

What town are we in?

What county are we in?

What country are we in?

Registration 3

“Ball”, “flag”, “tree”; ask to repeat. First repetition is score. Repeat until get it right or up to 6 times.

Attention and calculation 5

100-7 for 5 subtractions, OR spell “world” backwards with 1 point for each letter in exactly the right place.

Recall 3

3 previous words (from Registration)

Language 9

Name a watch and a pencil 2

Repeat the following: “No ifs, ands or buts” 1

Follow a three-stage command: “Take the paper in your right hand, fold it in half and put it on the floor”

3

Repeat and obey the following: “Close your eyes” 1

Write a sentence; must have noun, verb and be sensible 1

Draw 2 intersecting pentagons each side 1”. Must have 10 angles and intersect.

1

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