Table 1.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for participants in Studies 1 and 2.
| Criteria | Participants |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with ALS | Controls with dementia | Healthy controls | Carers | |
| Inclusion characteristics | ||||
| Voluntary informed consent | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Native Norwegian speaker | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Between 35 and 85 years old | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exclusion characteristics | ||||
| Great difficulties in writing or reading | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comorbid medical history | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neurological disorders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comorbid psychiatric history | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Abbreviation: ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.