Table 1.

Tele-STAR measures.

Measurea,b	Description
Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist [25]	24 items Documents the frequency of distressing care recipient behaviors and rates caregivers’ reactions to these behaviors Among the most commonly used measures of burden in caregiver research [26] Excellent reliability when used with telehealth technology (ICCb=.80) [27]
Zarit Burden Interview [28]	4 items Reliable (ICC=.79) when used with telehealth [27]
Desire to Institutionalize, Revised [24,29]	5 dichotomous items and 1 modified item that rates the likelihood of placement on a 5-point Likert scale (1: “not at all likely” to 5: “very likely”)
Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease (QOLAD) [30]	13 items, option for comments
Montreal Cognitive Assessment [31]	30-point assessment that measures cognitive function that is reliable when used with telehealth (ICC=.93) [27] Used with care recipient only, if no formal assessment within 1 year of study start

^aAll data were collected on all participants because of the research assistant’s ability to connect with the participants via videoconferencing.

^bICC: intraclass correlation coefficient.