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. 2018 Dec 12;66(4):1471–1481. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180416

Table 1.

Quality assessment tool proposed by the ADI in 2009 [7]

An overall quality score was derived by summing scores for the following elements:
Sample sizes
<500 0.5 points
500–1499 1 point
1500–2999 1.5 points
≥3000 2 points
Design
Two phase study with no sampling of screen negatives 0 points
Two phase study with sampling of screen negatives but no weighting back 1 point
One phase study or two phase study with appropriate sampling and weighting 2 points
Response proportion
<60% 1 point
60–79% 2 points
≥80% 3 points
Diagnostic assessment
Inclusion of multidomain cognitive test battery, formal disability assessment informatics interview and clinical interview 1 point each