MMSE®

Features and benefits

• Consists of a series of questions and tasks grouped into 11 categories: Orientation to Time, Orientation to Place, Registration, Attention and Calculation, Recall, Naming, Repetition, Comprehension, Reading, Writing, and Drawing.
• Administer in 5 to 10 minutes.
• A maximum score of 30 points can be obtained if all items are answered correctly.

The standard MMSE form, published by PAR, is based on its original 1975 conceptualization, with minor subsequent modifications by the authors. The MMSE has demonstrated validity and reliability in psychiatric, neurologic, geriatric, and other medical populations. The convenient "all-in-one" test form includes a detachable sheet with stimuli for the Comprehension, Reading, Writing, and Drawing tasks. The form also includes alternative item substitutions for administration in special circumstances.

The MMSE has been recommended for the screening of cognition in depressed patients (Special Report, Expert Consensus Guideline Series, Postgraduate Medicine, October 2001).

MMSE Clinical Guide with Pocket Norms Card

The Clinical Guide by Marshal F. Folstein, MD, Susan E. Folstein, MD, and Gary Fanjiang, MD describes the development, validation, administration, and interpretation of the MMSE. Normative data (T scores) for age and education groups are provided in the Appendix as a supplement to the traditional interpretation of the MMSE raw scores.

Authorized Foreign Language Translations of the MMSE

The following authorized translations of the MMSE are currently available:

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