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. 2018 Oct 25;33(12):1229–1249. doi: 10.1007/s10654-018-0451-3

Table 2.

Neuropsychological tests and questionnaires

Domain or goal Assessment/questionnaires Duration (min)
Cognitive functioning
Overall cognitive functioning  Researcher subjective impression of cognitive health (see “Methods”) 0
 Mini–Mental State Examination [26, 86] 5
 National Adult Reading Testa [8889] 3
 Telephone Interview Cognitive Status—Modified (TICS-M)d [90]
Memory  CERAD 10-word list—immediate and delayed recall [91] 15
 Visual Association Test—Memory [92] 5
 Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (RBMT)b immediate and delayed recall [93, 94] 6
Attention  Digit Span—forwards [9697] 3
 Trail Making Test A [98, 99] NA
Executive functions  Digit Span—backwards [9697] 3
 Letter Fluency—DAT [101104] 2
 BADS—subtest Key Search [105, 106] 3
 BADS—subtest Rule Shift Cards [105, 106] 3
 Trail Making Test B [98, 99] 10
 Amsterdam Dementia Screening Test—Meander figure [107] 2
Language  Category Fluency—Animals [100, 101, 108] 2
 Visual Association Test—Naming [92] 1
Visuo-spatial functioning/construction  CAMDEX-R/N CAMCOG—figure copying [109, 110] 3
 Clock Drawing Test [111, 112] 2
 Visual Object and Space Perception (VOSP) Batteryb—subtest Number Location [113] 3
Depression, ADL, sleep, lifestyle, geriatric impairments
Depressive symptoms  Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS) [29] 4
(Instrumental) Activities of daily living  Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the elderly short form (IQ-CODE) [30, 31] 3
 Barthel Index [27, 115116] 3
Lifetime cognitively stimulating experience  Lifetime Cognitive Activity Scalea [34, 35] 5
Sleep quality  Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Indexa (PSQI) [28] 5
Geriatric impairments  Researcher subjective impression of sight, hearing, mobility (“Methods”) 0

aOnly administered at baseline, b In 100-plus Study-phase 1 only, c Included with the confirmation letter of study-inclusion, collected during the first baseline visit, d Only administered during half yearly-follow up of brain donors and yearly follow-up of siblings