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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol Nurs. 2011 Jun 2;37(9):16–27. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20110512-01

TABLE 3.

TABLEINDIVIDUAL EXAMPLE MMSE, NEECHAM, AND mCAM SCORES BY WEEK

Participant/
Tool
Baseline Week 6
(Day of Evacuation)
Week 7
(1 Week Post-Evacuation)
Week 8
(2 Weeks Post-Evacuation)
Mr. D.
  MMSE 27 23
  NEECHAM 27 25 24 20
  mCAM 0 1 2 4
Mrs. X.
  MMSE 29 29
  NEECHAM 27 29 25 27
  mCAM 0 0 1 0

Note. MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination (Folstein, Folstein, & McHugh, 1975), where scores range from 0 to 30, with greater scores indicating better cognitive performance; NEECHAM = NEECHAM Confusion Scale (Neelon & Champagne, 1992), where a cut-of score less than 24 is considered positive for delirium; mCAM = modified Confusion Assessment Method (Lewis, Miller, Morley, Nork, & Lassater, 1995), where scores of 3 and 4 indicate presence of delirium and scores of 0, 1, and 2 indicate absence of delirium