Memory Joggers: Mental Status Exam (Folstein)
Max
Score |
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| 5 |
What time is it?
(year,season,month,day,date) |
| 5 |
Where are we?
(state,country,town,hospital,floor) |
| 3 |
Testgiver names 3 objects, one second to say each. Ask patient to repeat all 3. Give 1 point for each correct answer. Repeat 3 objects until patient learns them. Note number of trials to learn. |
| 5 |
Serial 7's from 100 to 5 answers (93,86,79,72,65) or spell "world" backwards. |
| 3 |
Ask for 3 objects named above
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| 2 |
Testgiver points to pencil and watch and patient names them |
| 1 |
Repeat the following: "No ifs, ands, or buts" |
| 3 |
Follow 3 step command: "Take the paper in your right hand, fold it in half, and put it on the floor" |
| 1 |
Read and obey the following:
CLOSE YOUR EYES. |
| 1 |
Write a sentence |
| 1 |
Copy design |
Assess level of consciousness along a continuum:
ALERT DROWSY STUPOR COMA
NOTE: Scoring exam used to evaluate and follow a patient's mental state.
Score is sum of the eleven evaluations.
Range 0 (worst) to 30 (best).
Good < 20. |
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