KOKMEN SHORT TEST OF MENTAL STATUS
|
Subtest
|
Ideal Score |
|
Orientation (Name, address, building, city, state, day [of the month or the week], month, year)
|
8 |
|
Attention (up to seven digits forward)
|
7 |
|
Learning (apple, Mr. Johnson, charity, tunnel) number of trials for acquisition _________
|
4 |
|
Calculation (5x13, 65-7, 58÷2, 29+11)
|
4 |
|
Abstraction (orange-banana, horse-dog, table-bookcase)
|
3 |
|
Construction (draw a clock showing 11:10, copy a cube)
|
4 |
|
Information (president, first president, number of weeks/year, and definition of an island)
|
4 |
|
Recall
|
4 |
|
Raw Score*
|
38 Total |
Total Score = Raw score* – (number of trials on learning task – 1) = / 38
References:
Kokmen E, Naessens JM, Offord KP. A short test of mental status: description and preliminary results.
Mayo Clin Proc 1987;62(4):281-288.
Kokmen E, Smith GE, Petersen RC, Tangalos E, Ivnik RC. The short test of mental status. Correlations with
standardized psychometric testing. Arch Neurol 1991;48(7):725-728.
Tang-Wai DF, Knopman DS, Geda YE, Edland SD, Smith GE, Ivnik RJ, Tangalos EG, Boeve BF, Petersen RC.
Comparison of the short test of mental status and the mini-mental state examination in mild cognitive
impairment. Arch Neurol 2003;60(12):1777-1781.
STMS-MMSE Conversion Nomogram
STMS |
MMSE |
|
38 |
30 |
|
37 |
29 |
|
36 |
29 |
|
35 |
28 |
|
34 |
28 |
|
33 |
27 |
|
32 |
27 |
|
31 |
26 |
|
30 |
25 |
|
29 |
24 |
|
28 |
24 |
|
27 |
23 |
|
26 |
23 |
|
25 |
22 |
|
24 |
22 |
|
23 |
21 |
|
22 |
21 |
|
21 |
20 |
|
20 |
19 |
|
19 |
18 |
|
18 |
17 |
|
17 |
17 |
|
16 |
16 |
|
15 |
15 |
|
14 |
14 |
|
13 |
13 |
|
12 |
12 |
Section of Behavioral Neurology, Mayo Clinic, unpublished data