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. 2019 Aug 13;70(Suppl 1):S207–S220. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180634

Table 2.

Inclusion criteria for SMARRT Trial

Inclusion Criteria Definition Data source
Older age 70–89 years EHR
Language Fluent in English EHR and telephone screening
KPWA enrollment status ≥12 months (allow 3-month gap) EHR
Low-normal cognitive performance Brief CASI [28] score 26 to 29 inclusive Telephone screening
Subjective cognitive complaints Self-report of concern with memory or thinking, as captured by replying yes to the question: “In the past two years, have you experienced a decline in your memory or thinking?” Telephone screening
≥2 targeted risk factors
•Poorly controlled hypertension Systolic blood pressure ≥140 and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 twice in the past 6 months EHR
•Poorly controlled diabetes, with evidence of either hyperglycemia or potential hypoglycemia Hyperglycemia: ≥1 hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥8.0 in past 12 months EHR
Potential hypoglycemia: Diabetes, taking insulin (at least one fill in past 6 months) and one or more of the following: 1) most recent HbA1c in past 12 months ≤6.0; 2) diagnosis code for hypoglycemia in past 1 year
•High depressive symptoms Initial recruitment: Score ≥3 on Patient Health Questionaire-2 (PHQ-2) [50] screen in past 12 months EHR (recruitment)
Final eligibility: Score ≥10 on PHQ-8 [51] Telephone screening (final eligibility)
•Poor sleep Initial recruitment: diagnosis code for sleep disorder and/or ≥2 fills for a sleep medication in the past 12 months EHR (recruitment)
Final eligibility: Scoring above the cut-off on the sleep questionnaire (problems with sleep 3+ nights/week and bothered “somewhat” or more) Telephone screening (final eligibility)
•Risky medications ≥2 fills for medications in a given class of risky medications in the past 6 months, per modified Beers criteria [48] EHR
•Physical inactivity <30 minutes moderate intensity most days (<150 minutes/week, Surgeon General guidelines) Telephone screening
•Social isolation Rarely or never get social and emotional support needed (scoring ≥6 out of 9 possible points) [36] Telephone screening
•Current smoking Recruitment: EHR evidence of current use of any tobacco EHR (recruitment)
Final eligibility: self-reported current smoking on telephone screen Telephone screening (final eligibility)