Skip to main content
. 2023 May 12;18(5):e0285305. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285305

Table 2. Patient outcomes and their measures in the reviewed studies.

Outcome Measures
Health Related Quality of life (HRQoL)

  • EuroQol (EQ-5D)

  • Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12)

  • Index of Well-Being (IWB)

  • Rosser index
Dementia-Related Quality of life

  • Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL)

  • Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease (QoL-AD)
Cognitive impairment

  • Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

  • Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-COG)

  • Verbal fluency test (VF)

  • Clock drawing test (CDT)

  • Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)

  • Autobiographical Memory Interview (AMI)
Dementia severity

  • Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR)

  • Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease (FAST)
Behavioural and psychological symptoms

  • Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)

  • Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)

  • Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist (RMBPC)
General health

  • Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF-12)

  • General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)

  • Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)

  • Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD)

  • Falls and fractures

  • Institutionalisation rates

  • Certification of Needed Long-Term Care (CNLTC)

  • COOP WONCA Functional Status Assessment Charts

  • Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA)
Mental health

  • Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

  • Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)

  • Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD)

  • Rating of Anxiety In Dementia (RAID)

  • MOS 20-Item Short Form Survey Instrument–Mental Health (MOS-20MH)
Agitation

  • Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
Activities of daily living

  • Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study ADL Scale (ADCS-ADL)

  • Barthel Index (BI)

  • Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS)

  • Groningen Activities Restriction Scale (GARS)

  • Lawton Brody scale (IADLs)

  • Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)

  • Interview for Deterioration in Daily Living Activities in Dementia (IDDD)

  • Katz scale (ADLs)

  • Multi-Dimensional Dementia Assessment Scale (MDDAS)
Use of prescription drugs

  • Use of antipsychotics
Service utilisation

  • Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI)

  • Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD)

  • Institutionalization rates