Mini Mental State Examination MMSE 2025 Complete Study Guide and Cognitive Screening
Overview Notes
Orientation (10) - correct answer ✔✔Year, season, date, day, month
State, county, town, hospital, floo
Registration (3) - correct answer ✔✔Ask patient to repeat 3 unrelated objects. Multiple trials
OK, just be sure to note how many tries it takes them
Attention (5) - correct answer ✔✔Either serial 7s or 'World' backwards and forwards
Delayed recall (3) - correct answer ✔✔Ask patient to recall previous 3 objects
Language (9) - correct answer ✔✔1. Name 2 common objects
2. Repeat: "No ifs, ands, or buts"
3. Have patient follow these directions:
"Take this paper in your right hand, use both hands to fold it in half, and then put it on the floor"
4. Have read and follow "Close your eyes"
5. Ask them to write a sentence
6. Ask to copy the interlocking pentagons.
Overview Notes
Orientation (10) - correct answer ✔✔Year, season, date, day, month
State, county, town, hospital, floo
Registration (3) - correct answer ✔✔Ask patient to repeat 3 unrelated objects. Multiple trials
OK, just be sure to note how many tries it takes them
Attention (5) - correct answer ✔✔Either serial 7s or 'World' backwards and forwards
Delayed recall (3) - correct answer ✔✔Ask patient to recall previous 3 objects
Language (9) - correct answer ✔✔1. Name 2 common objects
2. Repeat: "No ifs, ands, or buts"
3. Have patient follow these directions:
"Take this paper in your right hand, use both hands to fold it in half, and then put it on the floor"
4. Have read and follow "Close your eyes"
5. Ask them to write a sentence
6. Ask to copy the interlocking pentagons.
