Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Level of cognitive ability |
Synonymous names: | SMMSE item score; Mini-Mental item score |
METEOR identifier: | 681420 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 25/01/2018 |
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 148:102–105. Molloy D, Alemayehy E, & Roberts R 1991b. The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination tool. Sydney: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority. Viewed 31 July 2017, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net636/f/publications/smmse-tool-v2.pdf Molloy D, Alemayehy E, & Roberts R 2014. The Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination guidelines. Sydney: Independent Hospital Pricing Authority. Viewed 31 July 2017, https://www.ihpa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net636/f/publications/smmse-guidelines-v2.pdf |
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 SMMSE tool. It should be reported in an array of 12 to enable 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| Supersedes Person—level of cognitive ability, Standardised Mini-Mental State Examination item score code N Health!, Superseded 25/01/2018 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2018-19 Health!, Superseded 17/10/2018 Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of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 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. Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2019-20 Health!, Superseded 18/12/2019 Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Conditional obligation: 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 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. Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2020–21 Health!, Superseded 05/02/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as:
DSS specific information: 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. Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2021–22 Health!, Superseded 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 Implementation end date: 30/06/2022 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as:
DSS specific information: 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. Admitted subacute and non-acute hospital care NBEDS 2022–23 Health!, Standard 20/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2022 Implementation end date: 30/06/2023 Conditional obligation: Only required to be reported for episodes of admitted patient care with Hospital service—care type, code N[N] recorded as:
DSS specific information: 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. |