Table 1.

Study assessments, procedures and timetable

Assesment1	Telephone interview	Baseline visit	3-month visit	9-month visit	At 24  months
Patient
Inclusion criteria	X
Demographics, diagnoses, drugs, background information		X	X	X
CDR, MMSE, verbal fluency, clock drawing test		X	X	X
Grip strength, blood pressure and pulse		X	X	X
MNA		X	X	X
Weight, BMI		X	X	X
ADL, IADL		X
Cornell Depression Scale		X	X	X
Illness Cognition Questionnaire		X	X	X
15D QoL		X	X	X
Use of health and social services, mortality			X	X	X
Psychosocial well-being scale		X	X	X
Spousal caregiver	X	X	X	X
Demographics, diagnoses, drugs, questions related to coping with dementia		X	X	X
Psychosocial well-being scale		X	X	X
Grip strength, blood pressure and pulse		X	X	X
Weight, BMI		X	X	X
Sense of competence, SCQ		X	X	X
CES-D		X	X	X
12-GHQ		X	X	X
Pearlin Mastery Scale		X	X	X
Rand-36 QoL		X	X	X
Use of health and social services, mortality			X	X	X

¹CDR Clinical Dementia Rating Scale [23] (0.5 suggests possible dementia, 1 mild, 2 moderate, and 3 severe dementia), MMSE Mini Mental State Examination [24]. MNA Mini Nutritional Assessment [29] (<24 suggests risk for malnutrition or malnourishment); BMI body mass index; ADL activities of daily life [27]; IADL instrumental activities of daily living [28]; Cornell Depression Test [30]; Illness Cognition Questionnaire [31]; 15D QoL, measure of health-related quality of life [22]; Psychosocial Well-being Scale [33]; SCQ Sense of Competence Questionnaire - [39]; CES-D The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale [37]; 12-GHQ, 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Pearlin Mastery Scale [38];Rand-36 QoL [34,35].