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==Exam==
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| '''Question''' 
| '''Points Awarded''' 
| '''Max Score'''
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| Ask: What is the (year)(season)(date)(day)(month)? 
| One point for each correct answer 
| 5
|-
| Ask: Where are we (city)(state)(country)(hospital)(floor)? 
| One point for each correct answer 
| 5
|-
| Name three objects.&nbsp; Ask patient to immediately repeat named objects 
| One point for each correct object repeated 
| 3
|-
| 
Serial 7's-Ask patient to start at 100 and count backwards by 7 

OR 

Spell WORLD backwards 

| 
One point for each correct number (93, 86, 79, 72, 65) or letter<br> 

<br> 

<br> 

| 5
|-
| Ask patient to recall and state the three objects previously named 
| One point for each object recalled 
| 3
|-
| Point to a pencil and watch and ask the patient to name the objects 
| One point for each correctly named object 
| 2
|-
| Ask the patient to repeat, "no ifs, ands or buts" 
| One point if repeated correctly 
| 1
|-
| Ask patient to take a sheet of paper in his/her right hand, fold it in half, and place it on the floor. 
| One point for each task performed correctly 
| 3
|-
| Ask patient to read and obey the following "Close your eyes." (this task is written on a sheet of paper) 
| One point for closing eyes<br> 
| 1
|-
| Ask patient to write a sentence 
| One point for writing a sentence with noun/verb and is sensible 
| 1
|-
| Copy this design (interlocking pentagons) 
| One point for the patients design containing all angles and intersecting 
| 1
|}


== Analysis==
*Mini-mental status exam
**Score less than 24 suggests cognitive impairment
**May be influenced by education and age
***Score less than 29 if greater than 9 years of schooling suggests cognitive impairment
***Score less than 26 if 5-9 years of schooling suggests cognitive impairment
***Score less than 22 if less than 4 years of schooling suggests cognitive impairment

== See Also ==
*[[Dementia]]

== References==
*Folstein "Mini-mental state"

[[Category:Neurology]]