Administration and Procedures Flashcards
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What is the primary reason for standardizing MMSE administration procedures?
Answer: To ensure results are comparable across patients, examiners, and time points
Standardized administration ensures that score differences reflect true cognitive differences rather than variations in how the test was given.
How does the examiner document an item that could not be administered due to a physical limitation?
Answer: Mark it as untestable and note the reason
Items that cannot be completed due to physical limitations should be clearly marked as untestable with a note, rather than scored as failures.
What instruction does the examiner give before administering the three-stage command?
Answer: Listen carefully and do exactly what I say
The examiner instructs the patient to listen carefully and follow the command, ensuring the patient knows to execute all steps sequentially.
Which MMSE sections require the examiner to provide physical materials to the patient?
Answer: Writing, reading comprehension, and construction
The writing task requires paper and pen, the reading task requires the stimulus card, and the construction task requires the pentagon card and drawing space.
How should the examiner respond if a patient asks for an MMSE item to be repeated?
Answer: Follow standardized guidelines for each item — registration words may be repeated up to 5 times; other items generally once
Standardized procedures specify how often each item can be repeated; registration words may be repeated up to five times for learning, while most other items allow at most one repetition.
What is the correct way to introduce the serial sevens task if a patient has difficulty with arithmetic?
Answer: Offer the WORLD backwards task as an alternative
If the patient is unable to perform serial sevens, the examiner may substitute the task of spelling 'WORLD' backwards as an alternative attention measure.