| Folstein Mini Mental Status Examination |
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| Task | Instructions | Scoring |
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| Date Orientation | "Tell me the date?" Ask for omitted items. | One point each for year, season, date, day of week, and month | 5 |
| Place Orientation | "Where are you?" Ask for omitted items. | One point each for state, county, town, building, and floor or room | 5 |
| Register 3 Objects | Name three objects slowly and clearly. Ask the patient to repeat them. | One point for each item correctly repeated | 3 |
| Serial Sevens | Ask the patient to count backwards from 100 by 7. Stop after five answers. (Or ask them to spell "world" backwards.) | One point for each correct answer (or letter) | 5 |
| Recall 3 Objects | Ask the patient to recall the objects mentioned above. | One point for each item correctly remembered | 3 |
| Naming | Point to your watch and ask the patient "what is this?" Repeat with a pencil. | One point for each correct answer | 2 |
| Repeating a Phrase | Ask the patient to say "no ifs, ands, or buts." | One point if successful on first try | 1 |
| Verbal Commands | Give the patient a plain piece of paper and say "Take this paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor." | One point for each correct action | 3 |
| Written Commands | Show the patient a piece of paper with "CLOSE YOUR EYES" printed on it. | One point if the patient's eyes close | 1 |
| Writing | Ask the patient to write a sentence. | One point if sentence has a subject, a verb, and makes sense | 1 |
| Drawing |  Ask the patient to copy a pair of intersecting pentagons onto a piece of paper. | One point if the figure has ten corners and two intersecting lines | 1 |
| Scoring | A score of 24 or above is considered normal. | 30 |
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| Adapted from Folstein et al, Mini Mental State, J PSYCH RES 12:196-198 (1975) |