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. 2021 Jan 21;11:574386. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.574386

Table 2.

a,b. Primary outcome measures, neuropsychological tests and secondary outcome measures, psychosocial and health questionnaires.

a.
Primary outcome measures
17 Neuropsychological domain/individual tests and subtests
Attention/executive function
Digit span (WAIS-V) (80)
Forward
Backwards
Total: forward + backward
Delis-Kaplan executive function test (DKEF) trails (73)
Trails 2
Trails 4
Color-Word interference (Stroop) (73)
Trial 3
Trial 4
Verbal memory and learning
California verbal learning test II (CVLT-II) (72)*
Total trials 1–5 (learning)
Short delay free recall
Short delay cued recall
Long delay (20 Min) free recall
Long delay (20 Min) cued recall
Connor's continuous performance test II (CPT) (81, 82)
Mean RT for % correct detections
% False alarms
Detectability (d')
Visuospatial/memory
Rey osterrieth complex figure test (ROCFT) (8385)
Immediate recall
Delayed recall
b.
Secondary outcome measures
46 psychosocial and health questionnaires/self reports and subscores
PCL-C PTSD checklist civilian (78)
Visual analog pain rating scale (VAS) (86)
Short form McGill pain questionnaire (77)
West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory (WHYMPI) (87)
Part A Part B Part C
Interference
Support
Pain severity
Life-control
Affective disorders
Negative responses
Solicitous responses
Distracting responses
Household chores
Outdoor work
Activities away
Social activities
General activity
Multi-dimensional fatigue inventory (88)
General fatigue
Physical fatigue
Reduced activity
Reduced motivation
Mental fatigue
Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) (89)
Health Symptom Checklist (HSC) (67) (raw score and frequency score for each domain)
General health
Musculoskeletal pain
Mood
Cognitive
Gastrointestinal
Fatigue/sleep
Veterans RAND 36 item health survey, SF-36V Plus (90, 91)**
Physical functioning
Role limitations due to Phys. Fct.
Bodily pain
General health
Vitality
Social functioning
Role limitations due to Emot. and mental Health problems
Mental health
Physical composite score
Mental composite score
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (92)
Global PSQI score
Epsworth sleepiness scale (93)
Karolinska sleepiness scale (94)
*

Alternate Version administered at every other testing session to avoid practice effects.

**

Developed by RAND as part of the Medical Outcome Survey Study.

Represents a combination of the other HSC subtests within the domains of mental health or physical health.