Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Level of cognitive ability (SMMSE item score) |
Synonymous names: | SMMSE item score; Mini-Mental item score |
METEOR identifier: | 617812 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 03/11/2016 |
Definition: | The person's degree of cognitive ability to process thoughts and respond appropriately and safely, as represented by a Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) score-based code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—level of cognitive ability |
Value Domain: | Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination item score code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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Reference documents: | Molloy D, Alemayehy E, Roberts R 1991a. Reliability of a standardized Mini-Mental State Examination compared with the traditional Mini-Mental state Examination. American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 14:102-105. Molloy D, Alemayehy E, Roberts R 1991b. The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination tool, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Australia. Viewed 4 September 2014, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net636/f/publications/smmse-tool-v2.pdf. Molloy D, Alemayehy E, Roberts R 1991c. The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination guidelines, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Australia. Viewed 4 September 2014, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net636/f/publications/smmse-guidelines-v2.pdf.
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This data element is used to report a score for one of the 12 items that comprise the Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination tool. It should be reported in an array of 12 to enable to gain a full SMMSE assessment score |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person—level of cognitive ability, Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination assessment code N Health, Superseded 19/11/2015 Has been superseded by Person—level of cognitive ability, Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination item score code N Health, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2016-17 Health, Superseded 03/11/2016 Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported on a 'best efforts' basis for 2016-17. Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as Code 4, Geriatric evaluation and management. Only required to be reported when the Episode of admitted patient care—clinical assessment only indicator, yes/no code N value is recorded as Code 2, No. Only one array of SMMSE scores (i.e. 12 individual scores) per Geriatric Evaluation and Management episode are required to be reported. If multiple sets of SMMSE scores are recorded in the patient's record, the set of scores (12 individual scores) which demonstrate the lowest level of cognitive ability recorded during the Geriatric Evaluation and Management episode should be reported. |