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The total expression of a person's emotional responses, mood, cognitive functioning, and personality is known as mental status.
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The cerebellum is primarily responsible for a person's mental status.
False
Investigating cognitive abilities in a mental status evaluation includes assessing response to analogies.
True
The cerebral cortex is responsible for perception and behavior.
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The assessment of neurologic lesions causing alterations in mental status is covered in Chapter 10.
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Elder abuse is not a concern when evaluating changes in cognitive functioning and memory in older adults.
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Changes in activities of daily living (ADLs) can be influenced by the medications prescribed to older adults.
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Assessing mental status is a one-time event at the beginning of the patient interaction.
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The shorter screening examination is typically used for health visits when a known mental status problem is evident.
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Caregivers play a minimal role in monitoring changes in the mental status of their patients.
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment tools (MoCA and low literacy MoCA-Basic) focus on assessing cognitive status through memory recall and language skills only.
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The MoCA- Basic has a sensitivity of 81% and specificity of 86% in identifying mild cognitive impairment.
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Scores on the MoCA tests significantly vary based on the level of education of the individuals being tested.
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The MoCA assessments do not include tasks related to executive functioning.
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment tools are less comprehensive than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
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Impaired central nervous system function can result from medications, leading to symptoms such as slowed reaction time and confusion.
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Changes in cerebral function can only be due to neurological diseases, not cardiovascular or metabolic conditions.
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The MMSE Version 2 was developed to maintain problematic items from the original version.
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The ability to perform instrumental ADLs is not a crucial aspect of assessing independence in individuals.
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Elder abuse is not related to mental status assessment.
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Observing a patient's physical appearance and behavior is not important during a mental status examination.
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Elder abuse is not a concern that should be considered when evaluating changes in cognitive functioning and memory in older adults.
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Caregivers have a minimal role in monitoring changes in the mental status of their patients.
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Assessing mental status is a one-time event that does not need to be repeated during the patient interaction.
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Investigating cognitive abilities in a mental status evaluation does not include assessing response to analogies.
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The MoCA is more effective than the MMSE in distinguishing between patients with single domain mild cognitive impairment and those with multiple domain mild cognitive impairment.
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The Mini-Cog takes up to 10 minutes to administer.
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A score of 2 or less on the Mini-Cog is associated with probable dementia.
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The MMSE consists of 10 items that measure various aspects of cognitive function.
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A score of 26 or higher on the MMSE is associated with dementia.
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Older adults with episodic memory loss are likely to experience cognitive decline.
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Concern from a close family member about an older adult's memory loss is a strong indication to use a standardized tool to assess cognition.
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is primarily designed for detecting postpartum depression.
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The MoCA-Basic version is intended for high literacy adults.
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Caregivers have a minimal role in monitoring changes in the mental status of older adults.
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment tools focus solely on memory recall and language skills.
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Elder abuse should not be considered when evaluating changes in cognitive functioning and memory in older adults.
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Patient safety is not a concern during mental status evaluations.
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Assessing activities of daily living (ADLs) is not influenced by the medications prescribed to older adults.
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Changes in an older adult's personality can be an important indicator of cognitive decline.
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