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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Control Clin Trials. 2001 Aug;22(4):453–479. doi: 10.1016/s0197-2456(01)00139-8

Table 1.

Testing Battery

Measures Screening Baseline Immed. Post-Test 1st Ann. Post-Test 2nd Ann. Post-Test Dimension Mode Reference
Eligibility measures
 Age X telephone interview
 Mini-Mental State Examination X X cognitive status telephone interview 40
 Activities of daily living: dressing, hygiene, bathing X in-person interview 41
 Selected health conditions X telephone interview
 Current chemo/radiation X telephone interview
 Vision (self-report) X telephone interview 42
 Vision acuity X X physical measurement
 Communication X telephone interview
 Prior cognitive training X telephone interview
 Availability for study X telephone interview
Proximal outcomes
 Hopkins Verbal Learning Test X X X X memory paper/pencil 43
 Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test X X X X memory paper/pencil 44
 Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test X X X X memory paper/pencil 45
 Word series X X X X reasoning paper/pencil 46
 Letter series X X X X reasoning paper/pencil 47
 Letter sets X X X X reasoning paper/pencil 48
 Useful Field of View X X X X speed computer 11, 13, 19
 Digit Symbols Substitution X X X X speed paper/pencil 49
 Digit Symbols Copy X X X X speed paper/pencil 49
 Vocabulary X X X X paper/pencil 48
Primary Outcomes
 Everyday Problems Test X X X X everyday problem solving paper/pencil 56
 Observed Tasks of Daily Living X X X everyday problem solving observed 14, 57
 Complex Reaction Time; 2 tests X X X X everyday speed of processing computer 16
 Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living X X X X everyday speed of processing observed 58
 Minimum Data Set—Home Care: 3 scores X X X general functional ability in-person interview 41
 Driving habits: difficulty, avoidance, space X X X driving habits in-person interview 59
Secondary outcomes
 MOS 36-item Short Form (SF-36) X X X quality of life self- administered 60
 Falls X X X mobility in-person interview 61
 Lifespace X X X mobility in-person interview 61
 Motor vehicle crashes X mobility state motor vehicle records
 Health-service utilization X X X health-care utilization in-person interview; Medicare claims files 6263
Covariates
 Chronic disease list X X X health telephone interview/in-person interview 64
 Health behaviors X X X health in-person interview 63
 Medication audit X X health transcription 65
 Height and weight X X physical physical measurement
 Blood pressure and pulse X X X physical physical measurement
 Vision acuity X X physical physical measurement 66
 360° turn X X physical physical measurement 67
 Grip strength X X physical physical measurement 68
 Personality in Intellectual Contexts Inventory X X X X psychosocial self- administered 69
 Memory Functioning Questionnaire X X X X psychosocial self- administered 70
 Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression-12 X X X psychosocial self- administered 71
 Sociodemographics X telephone interview
 Mini-Mental State Examination X X cognitive status in-person interview 40
 Hearing (self-report) X telephone interview