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Brief Interview for Mental Status — cognitive screening tool.

Section 1: Repetition (ask patient to repeat 3 words)

Word 1 repeated correctly on first try?

Word 2 repeated correctly on first try?

Word 3 repeated correctly on first try?

Section 2: Temporal Orientation

Current year?

Current month?

Day of the week?

Section 3: Recall

Word 1 recall

Word 2 recall

Word 3 recall

BIMS Score—

Cognitive Status—

0–7: Severe impairment | 8–12: Moderate impairment | 13–15: Intact cognition