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Table 371-5 The Mini-Mental Status Examination

Points Orientation Name: season/date/day/month/year Name: hospital/floor/town/state/country Registration Identify three objects by name and ask patient to repeat Attention and calculation Serial 7s; subtract from 100 (e.g., 9386797265) Recall Recall the three objects presented earlier Language Name pencil and watch Repeat "No ifs, ands, or buts" Follow a 3-step command (e.g., "Take this paper, fold it in half, and place it on the table") Write "close your eyes" and ask patient to obey written command Ask patient to write a sentence Ask patient to copy a design (e.g., intersecting pentagons) Total 2 (1 for each object) 1 3 (1 for each command) 1 1 1 30 3 (1 for each object) 5 (1 for each subtraction) 3 (1 for each object) 5 (1 for each name) 5 (1 for each name)