Mental State Examination quiz

Score one point for each correct answer:
What is the: time, date, day, month, year? Maximum: 5 points
What is the name of: this ward, hospital, district, town, country? 5 points
Registration
Name three objects only once. Score up to a maximum of 3 points for each correct repetition. 3 points
Repeat the objects until the patient can repeat them accurately (in order to test recall later).
Attention and calculation
Ask the patient to subtract 7 from 100 and then 7 from the result four more times.
Score 1 point for each correct subtraction. 5 points
Recall
Ask the patient to repeat the names of the three objects learnt in the registration test. 3 points
Language
Score 1 point for each of two simple objects named (e.g. pen and a watch). 2 points
Score 1 point for an accurate repetition of the phrase: 'No ifs, ands or buts'. 1 point
Give a 3-stage command, scoring 1 point for each part correctly carried out; e.g. 'With the index finger of your right hand touch your nose and then your left ear'. 3 points
Write 'Close your eyes' on a blank piece of paper and ask the patient to follow the written command. Score 1 point if the patient closes the eyes. 1 point
Ask the patient to write a sentence. Score 1 point if the sentence is sensible and contains a noun and a verb. 1 point
Draw a pair of intersecting pentagons with each side approximately 1 inch long. Score 1 point if it is correctly copied. 1 point
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