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The MMSE is still a useful clinical tool today, simple enough to be administered with nothing more than a pen and a few scraps of paper. That said, it's certai
by mc680x0 4y ago
The MMSE is still a useful clinical tool today, simple enough to be administered with nothing more than a pen and a few scraps of paper.
That said, it's certainly better if your exam subjects are suffering from dementia, so they can't memorise the answers ;-)
- cm42 4y agoIt's a good first-pass for other types of neurological impairment, too - head injuries, strokes, etc. Despite this paper (and most forms) clearly specifying "three objects", I've always seen this taught as three random/arbitrary words of different "types" - adjective/noun/verb, person/place/thing - or just "two common objects" instead of exactly a pen and a watch. It's always fascinating to me when patients come up with incorrect-but-clever words for common items: "cutters" for scissors, "timeclock" for watch, "cigarette starter" for a lighter, etc.