The MMSE is a brief, quantitative measure of cognitive status in adults. It can be used to screen for cognitive impairment, to estimate the severity of cognitive impairment at a given point in time, to follow the course of cognitive changes in an individual over time, and to document an individual’s response to treatment.


The standard MMSE form published by PAR is based on its original 1975 conceptualization, with minor subsequent modifications by the authors. The MMSE has demonstrated validity and reliability in psychiatric, neurologic, geriatric, and other medical populations. The convenient new “all-in-one” test form includes a detachable sheet with stimuli for the Comprehension, Reading, Writing, and Drawing tasks. The form also includes alternative item substitutions for administration in special circumstances.

The pocket-size User’s Guide provides detailed instructions for standard administration and scoring for each MMSE task, as well as recommended cutoff scores for use in classifying the severity of cognitive impairment. This handy pocket guide also provides population-based normative data (by age and years of education), which are useful for comparing an individual’s MMSE Total score with the appropriate reference group, or when interpreting the scores of individuals who are illiterate, who have had less than 9 years of schooling, or who are 80 years of age or older.

MMSE Clinical Guide with Pocket Norms Card

The Clinical Guide by Marshal F. Folstein, MD, Susan E. Folstein, MD, and Gary Fanjiang, MD, describes the development, validation, administration, and interpretation of the MMSE. Normative data (T scores) for age and education groups are provided in the Appendix, as a supplement to the traditional interpretation of the MMSE raw scores.

  • Chapters in the Clinical Guide contain in-depth information about using the MMSE as part of the diagnostic process and highlight the instrument's usefulness in guiding psychiatric or medical treatment.

  • A handy, laminated Pocket Norms Card provides the raw score to T-score conversions for 14 age and education groups–making it ideal for use in clinical settings.

Mental Status Reporting Software (MSRS) - Unlimited-use software provides scoring, interpretation, and report generation for the MMSE – click here for information on the Mental Status Reporting Software (MSRS).

 


Authorized Foreign Language Translations of the MMSE
The following authorized translations of the MMSE are currently available:

WAfrikaans
WAlbanian
WArabic
WArgentinean Spanish
WBelgian Dutch
WBelgian French
WBosnian
WBrazilian Portuguese
WBulgarian
WChilean Spanish
WChinese
WCroatian
WCzech
WDanish
WDutch
WEstonian
WFarsi
WFilipino
WFinnish
WFrench

Austrian German
German
Greek
Gujarati
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Indian English
Israeli English
Italian
Japanese
Kannada
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malay
Malayalam

Marathi

Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Russian for Estonia
Serbian
Slovakian
Slovenian
South African English
Spanish
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Turkish
UK English
Ukrainian
Urdu

To order an authorized translation of the MMSE, contact Custsup@parinc.com or call 1.800.331.8378

Call 1.800.331.8378 or 813.449.4066 to order your MMSE Comprehensive Kit
or MMSE/MSRS Comprehensive Combination Kit today!*

G8W-4921-KT

MMSE Comprehensive Kit (includes MMSE Clinical Guide, Pocket Norms Card, User's Guide, and 50 Test Forms) Kit Value: $139.00

$130.00

G8W-4740-KT

MMSE Test Forms (pkg/50)...
2-4 packages (price per package)...
5 or more packages (price per package)...

$60.00
$58.00
$56.00

G8W-4924-TM

MMSE Clinical Guide with Pocket Norms Card

$70.00

You may also fax or mail your completed Order Form to place your order today.
*If you are not already a PAR Customer, please download and complete the special
Qualification Form for Medical and Allied Health Professionals.* (You will need Adobe Acrobat to view.)

*In accordance with the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing and PAR’s competency-based qualification guidelines, many tests and other materials sold by PAR are available only to those professionals who are appropriately trained to administer, score, and interpret psychological tests. Eligibility to purchase restricted materials is determined on the basis of training, education, and experience. If you have not already established a qualification level with PAR, please complete the Qualification Form for Medical and Allied Health Professionals and return it with your first order.

Qualification Level: S
A degree, certificate, or license to practice in a health care profession or occupation, including (but not limited to) the following: clinical psychology, medicine, neurology, neuropsychology, nursing, occupational therapy and other allied health care professions, physicians’ assistant, psychiatry, school psychology, social work, speech-language pathology; plus appropriate training and experience in the ethical administration, scoring, and interpretation of clinical behavioral assessment instruments. Any PAR Customer already qualified to purchase a “B” or “C” level product is also qualified to purchase the MMSE.

For additional information about PAR, MMSE, and/or the MSRS, all our Customer Support Center at 1.800.331.8378 or 813.449.4066, e-mail custsup@parinc.com, or visit the comprehensive PAR Web site at www.parinc.com.

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