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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Nov 17;24(6):433–443. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2015.10.012

Table 2.

Baseline and Follow-up Assessments (T1 – T6): Self-report or blinded Independent Assessors

Domain Measure
Psychiatric Diagnosis SCID at baseline, MINI/PRIME-MD at every three months
in follow-up (Note: The MINI/PRIME-MD is used to
assess syndromal depression and anxiety disorders at
every follow-up).
Knee Osteoarthritis Diagnosis American College of Rheumatology clinical criteria for
knee osteoarthritis at baseline
Depression severity Patient Health Questionnare-9 (PHQ-9)*
Anxiety Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)*
Medical burden/Medication Check
List/Vitals
Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS-G)**
Cornell Service Index*
Medication List Update*
Vitals (Weight, Blood pressure, Hip and Waist
Circumference, History of Falls)**
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)*
Disability Late-Life Functional Disability Inventory (LL-FDI) *
Functional status, physical performance Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) **
Insomnia Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)*
Overall Body Pain Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS-20)*
Knee Pain and Disability Western Ontario and McMaster University Arthritis Index
(WOMAC)*
Patient Global Assessment of Functioning*
Patient Global Assessment of Pain Severity*
Catastrophizing Subscale of the Coping Strategies
Questionnaire**
Cognitive Status Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of
Neuropsychological Status**
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System**
Modified Mini Mental State Examination at baseline
Social Isolation/Support Interpersonal Support Evaluation List*
Problem Solving Skills Social Problem Solving Inventory (SPSI)**
Biosignatures Inflammatory Cytokines*
(IL6, TNF alpha) + mRNA Transcription (blood draw)*
Genetic data only collected at T1
Global Health Patient Global Impression of Change (PGIC)*
RAND-12*
Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE)*
Satisfaction 5 questions to rate satisfaction plus comment field
administered at study Completion
*

Baseline and every three months in follow-up

**

Baseline and every six months in follow-up