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. 2020 Nov 23;20:492. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01886-0

Table 1.

List of the 70 items submitted into the Rasch model

Task Score Item Label
Digit Span-DS 0–1 ENB_DS_1–3 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_2–3 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_3–4 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_4–4 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_5–5 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_6–5 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_7–6 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_8–6 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_9–7 digits
a0–1 ENB_DS_10–7 digits
0–1 ENB_DS_11–8 digits
a0–1 ENB_DS_12–8 digits
Trail Making Test-A - TMT-A 1–4 ENB_TMT_A
Trail Making Test-B - TMT-B 1–4 ENB_TMT_B
Copy drawing - CD 0–2 ENB_CD Copying a drawing of a house
Interference memory test - IM 1–4 ENB_IM_LP_1 Letters and positions of the sequence of letters (i.e. FGL) remembered after a mathematical calculation
1–4 ENB_ IM _L_1 Letters of the sequence of letters (FGL) remembered after a mathematical calculation (regardless positions)
1–4 ENB_ IM _LP_2 Letters and positions of the sequence of letters (PMT) remembered after a mathematical calculation
1–4 ENB_ IM _L_2 Letters of the sequence of letters (PMT) remembered after a mathematical calculation (regardless positions)
1–4 ENB_ IM _LP_3 Letters and positions of the sequence of letters (CRB) remembered after a mathematical calculation
1–4 ENB_ IM _L_3 Letters of the sequence of letters (CRB) remembered after a mathematical calculation (regardless positions)
1–4 ENB_ IM _LP_4 Letters and positions of the sequence of letters (ZLR) remembered after a mathematical calculation
1–4 ENB_ IM _L_4 Letters of the sequence of letters (ZLR) remembered after a mathematical calculation (regardless positions)
1–4 ENB_ IM _LP_5 Letters and positions of the sequence of letters (QVS) remembered after a mathematical calculation
1–4 ENB_ IM _L_5 Letters of the sequence of letters (QVS) remembered after a mathematical calculation (regardless positions)
1–4 ENB_ IM _LP_6 Letters and positions of the sequence of letters (DNC) remembered after a mathematical calculation
1–4 ENB_ IM _L_6 Letters of the sequence of letters (DNC) remembered after a mathematical calculation (regardless positions)
Abstract verbal reasoning - AVR 0–2 ENB_AVR_1 Arm and leg are two …
0–2 ENB_AVR_2 Laughing and crying are two …
0–2 ENB_AVR_3 Eating and sleeping are two …
Token test - TT 0–1 ENB_TT_1 Touch a green token
0–1 ENB_TT_2 Touch a yellow square
0–1 ENB_TT_3 Touch the white square and then the green circle
0–1 ENB_TT_4 Touch the white circle and then the red circle
a0–1 ENB_TT_5 put the red circle on top of the green square
Immediate recall prose memory - IMM 1–4 ENB_MEMP_IMM Recalling information from a short story
Delayed recall prose memory - DRPM 1–4 ENB_DRPM Recalling information from a short story after overlapping figure test
Overlapping figures - OF 1–4 ENB_OF Distinguishing overlapping figures
Spontaneous Drawing - SD 0–2 ENB_SD Drawing a flower with a stem and a leaf
Word phonemic fluency test - WPF 1–4 ENB_WPF_C letter All the words that start with the letter “C”
1–4 ENB_WPF_P letter All the words that start with the letter “P”
1–4 ENB_WPF_S letter All the words that start with the letter “S”
Cognitive estimation – CE 0–1 ENB_CE_1 How much does a liter of fresh milk cost?
0–1 ENB_CE_2 How far is Milan from Rome?
0–1 ENB_CE_3 How long is a guitar?
0–1 ENB_CE_4 How long is a mass?
0–1 ENB_CE_5 How many kangaroos are there in the Netherlands?
Ideative and ideomotor praxis test -IIP 0–1 ENB_IIP-1 Pantomime the use of a hammer
0–1 ENB_IIP-2 Pantomime the use of a toothbrush
0–1 ENB_IIP-3 Gesture the meaning of a verbal instruction (the sign of the cross)
0–1 ENB_IIP-4 Gesture the meaning of a verbal instruction (he/she is crazy)
0–1 ENB_IIP-5 Copying meaningless gestures (middle finger arched on the index)
0–1 ENB_IIP-6 Copying meaningless gestures (a forward arm with the palm of the hand open out, the other arm folded with a fist on the shoulder)
Clock drawing test 1–4 ENB_CDT_N (Numbers)
1–4 ENB_CDT_D (Disposition/arrangement)
1–4 ENB_CDT _HC (Hands of the clock)
Activities of daily living - ADL 0–1 ADL_1 – Bathing
0–1 ADL_2 – Dressing
0–1 ADL_3 - Toilet hygiene
0–1 ADL_4 - Functional mobility
0–1 ADL_5 – Continence
a0–1 ADL_6 – Feeding
Instrumental activities of daily living - IADL 0–1 IADL_1 - Ability to use telephone
0–1 IADL_2 – Shopping
0–1 IADL_3 - Food preparation
0–1 IADL_4 – Housekeeping
0–1 IADL_5 – Laundry
0–1 IADL_6 - Mode of transportation
0–1 IADL_7 - Responsibility of own medications
0–1 IADL_8 - Ability to handle finances

aItems removed because of a mean square higher than the accepted value of two. The final model consists of 66 items