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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2002 Nov 13;288(18):2271–2281. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.18.2271

Table 1.

Outcome Measures

Time Point

Measure Baseline Immediate
Posttest
First and Second
Annual Posttests
Mode of
Administration
Reliability*
Proximal Outcome Composites
Memory
 Hopkins Verbal Learning Test31 X X X Paper and pencil 0.73

 Auditory Verbal Learning Test32 X X X Paper and pencil 0.78

 Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test33 X X X Paper and pencil 0.60

Reasoning
 Word series34 X X X Paper and pencil 0.84

 Letter series35 X X X Paper and pencil 0.86

 Letter sets36 X X X Paper and pencil 0.69

Speed of processing
 Useful Field of View (tasks 2–4)23,25,37 X X X Computer 0.80

Primary Outcome Composites
Everyday problem solving
 Everyday Problems Test38 X X X Paper and pencil 0.87

 Observed Tasks of Daily Living21,39 X X Paper and pencil 0.75

Everyday speed
 Complex Reaction Time (2 tests)8 X X X Computer 0.45
0.56

 Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL)40 X X X Behavioral observation 0.64

Activities of Daily Living and IADL functioning
 Minimum Data Set–Home Care (3 scores)41 X X Survey 0.80

Interview 0.75
0.30

Driving habits
 Difficulty, avoidance, (space)42 X X Survey 0.60

Interview 0.80§
*

Test-retest correlations except where noted.

Cronbach α.

“Space” indicates a driver’s extent of travel in a specified period of time.

§

α or κ from reference cited.