Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
Patient’s Name: Date:
Instructions: Score one point for each correct response within each question or activity.
Maximum
Score
Patient’s
Score Questions
5 “What is the year? Season? Date? Day? Month?”
5 “Where are we now? State? County? Town/city? Hospital? Floor?”
3
The examiner names three unrelated objects clearly and slowly, then
the instructor asks the patient to name all three of them. The patient’s
response is used for scoring. The examiner repeats them until patient
learns all of them, if possible.
5
“I would like you to count backward from 100 by sevens.” (93, 86, 79,
72, 65, …)
Alternative: “Spell WORLD backwards.” (D-L-R-O-W)
3“Earlier I told you the names of three things. Can you tell me what
those were?”
2Show the patient two simple objects, such as a wristwatch and a pencil,
and ask the patient to name them.
1 “Repeat the phrase: ‘No ifs, ands, or buts.’”
3“Take the paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor.”
(The examiner gives the patient a piece of blank paper.)
1“Please read this and do what it says.” (Written instruction is “Close
your eyes.”)
1“Make up and write a sentence about anything.” (This sentence must
contain a noun and a verb.)
1
“Please copy this picture.” (The examiner gives the patient a blank
piece of paper and asks him/her to draw the symbol below. All 10
angles must be present and two must intersect.)
30 TOTAL
