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    The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is used to evaluate cognitive impairment and screen for dementia. Scores below certain cutoffs indicate increased or decreased odds of cognitive impairment or dementia. Specifically: - A score below 24 suggests abnormal cognition, below 21 increases odds of dementia. - Scores above 25 decrease odds of dementia. - What is considered abnormal is influenced by a person's level of education, with lower cutoffs for less education. - Scores are also used to evaluate severity, with 18-23 indicating mild cognitive impairment and 0-17 severe cognitive impairment.

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    The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is used to evaluate cognitive impairment and screen for dementia. Scores below certain cutoffs indicate increased or decreased odds of cognitive impairment or dementia. Specifically: - A score below 24 suggests abnormal cognition, below 21 increases odds of dementia. - Scores above 25 decrease odds of dementia. - What is considered abnormal is influenced by a person's level of education, with lower cutoffs for less education. - Scores are also used to evaluate severity, with 18-23 indicating mild cognitive impairment and 0-17 severe cognitive impairment.

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    MMSE Interpretare

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    The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is used to evaluate cognitive impairment and screen for dementia. Scores below certain cutoffs indicate increased or decreased odds of cognitive impairment or dementia. Specifically: - A score below 24 suggests abnormal cognition, below 21 increases odds of dementia. - Scores above 25 decrease odds of dementia. - What is considered abnormal is influenced by a person's level of education, with lower cutoffs for less education. - Scores are also used to evaluate severity, with 18-23 indicating mild cognitive impairment and 0-17 severe cognitive impairment.

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    Interpretation of the MMSE

    Method Score Interpretation


    Single Cutoff <24 Abnormal
    <21 Increased odds of dementia
    Range
    >25 Decreased odds of dementia
    21 Abnormal for 8th grade education
    Education <23 Abnormal for high school education
    <24 Abnormal for college education
    24-30 No cognitive impairment
    Severity 18-23 Mild cognitive impairment
    0-17 Severe cognitive impairment

    Sources:
    x Crum RM, Anthony JC, Bassett SS, Folstein MF. Population-based norms for the mini-mental state

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    examination by age and educational level. JAMA. 1993;269(18):2386-2391.
    Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. "Mini-mental state": a practical method for grading the cognitive state

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    of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res. 1975;12:189-198.
    Rovner BW, Folstein MF. Mini-mental state exam in clinical practice. Hosp Pract. 1987;22(1A):99, 103, 106,

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    110.
    Tombaugh TN, McIntyre NJ. The mini-mental state examination: a comprehensive review. J Am Geriatr Soc.
    1992;40(9):922-935.

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    Source: www.medicine.uiowa.edu/igec/tools/cognitive/MMSE.pdf Provided by NHCQF, 0106-410

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