Visuospatial Construction Flashcards
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How many points does the visuospatial construction task contribute to the total MMSE score of 30?
Answer: 1
The construction task contributes exactly 1 of the possible 30 points on the MMSE.
Poor performance on the MMSE pentagon copying task in patients with dementia is most commonly associated with what?
Answer: Posterior cortical atrophy and parietal involvement
Difficulty with visuospatial construction in dementia often reflects posterior cortical atrophy involving parietal regions.
If a patient draws two quadrilaterals instead of pentagons on the MMSE, what is the score?
Answer: 0
If the shapes drawn do not have five sides, the construction task is scored 0 regardless of how well they intersect.
What is the correct name for the figure used in the MMSE construction task?
Answer: Intersecting pentagons
The standard MMSE construction figure consists of two intersecting pentagons forming a quadrilateral overlap region.
A patient successfully copies the intersecting pentagons with slight tremor-related imperfections. Should they receive the point?
Answer: Yes, minor motor imperfections do not disqualify a correct response
Motor difficulties such as tremor should be noted but do not automatically disqualify the response if the essential features (five-sided figures, quadrilateral intersection) are present.
What does the examiner place in front of the patient during the construction task?
Answer: A stimulus card with the intersecting pentagon model and blank space
The examiner provides a card or sheet that shows the intersecting pentagon model along with blank space for the patient to copy it.