Criteria for grading the interlocking pentagons on the mini mental state examination18
| Original criteria18: |
| To be acceptable, all 10 angles must be present and two must intersect |
| Tremor and rotation are ignored |
| Relaxed criteria: |
| To be acceptable, there must be two figures that seem to be intersecting. At least one of the figures must have five angles |
| Tremor, rotation, relative size, and symmetry are ignored |
| Consider only lines that the patient has drawn (ignore any lines from the original model that the patient may have included as part of the copy) |
| If the patient has drawn more than one copy, grade the best copy. |