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. 2024 Apr 3;166(1):166. doi: 10.1007/s00701-024-06037-7

Table 2.

Administered cognitive tests and questionnaires

Cognitive tests Verbal memory Verbal learning, immediate and delayed recall and delayed recognition Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT): direct recall, delayed recall, recognition true positives, recognition false positives [3]
Attention and executive functioning Visuomotor speed, (divided) attention, mental flexibility Trail Making Test (TMT): A, B, B/A [38]
Language Word retrieval Boston Naming Test (BNT) [19]
Incidence and severity of aphasia, language comprehension Shortened Token Test (TT) [8]
Phonology, semantic judgment + word retrieval, spontaneous speech in context Diagnostic Instrument for Mild Aphasia (DIMA): repetition, semantic odd-picture out, sentence completion [32]
Flexibility of semantic and phonological thought Category fluency: animals, professions [23]
Letter fluency [33]
Questionnaires Quality of Life (patient and caregiver) Quality of life and general cancer symptoms EORTC QLQ-C30 [39]
Quality of life and specific brain tumor symptoms EORTC QLQ-BN20 [25]
Anxiety and depression (patient) Anxiety and depression Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [44]
Caregiver strain and burden (caregiver) Caregiver strain Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) [28]
Caregiver burden Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) [2]