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. 2020 Jun 25;61(8):e435–e448. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnaa071

Table 2.

Outcome Measurement Instruments and Relevance for Core Outcome Items

Outcome measurement instrument No. of items in OMI No. of OMI items relevant to COS % of items in COS covered No. of items in the instrument relevant to COS items % of items in OMI relevant to COS items
Engagement and Independence in Dementia Questionnaire 26 7 53.85 19 73.08
Nottingham Health Profile 45 7 53.85 8 17.78
Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit 8 6 46.15 5 62.50
Older Americans’ Resources and Services Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 14 5 38.46 10 71.43
World Health Organisation Quality of Life 100 100 5 38.46 6 6.00
Lille Apathy Rating Scale 31 4 30.77 15 48.39
Bath Assessment of Subjective Quality of Life in Dementia 17 4 30.77 5 29.41
Health Status Questionnaire-12 12 4 30.77 3 25.00
Ryff Psychological Wellbeing Scale 42 4 30.77 6 14.29
Sickness Impact Profile 136 4 30.77 10 7.35
World Health Organisation-5 5 3 23.08 2 40.00
The Quality of Life Scale 16 3 23.08 4 25.00
Older People’s Quality of Life Brief Version 14 3 23.08 3 21.43
Long Term Conditions Questionnaire 20 3 23.08 4 20.00
Older People’s Quality of Life 36 3 23.08 3 8.33
Apathy Evaluation Scale—S 18 2 15.38 8 44.44
The ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people 5 2 15.38 2 40.00
Short Form Health Survey-12 9 2 15.38 3 33.33
Personal Wellbeing Index 7 2 15.38 2 28.57
15D 15 2 15.38 3 20.00
Dementia Quality of Life 5 2 15.38 1 20.00
Geriatric Depression Scale Short 15 2 15.38 2 13.33
Frontal Systems Behavior Scale 46 2 15.38 5 10.87
Control, Autonomy, Self-Realisation and Pleasure Scale-19 19 2 15.38 2 10.53
Self Management Ability Scale 30 2 15.38 3 10.00
DEMQoL 29 2 15.38 2 6.90
Geriatric Depression Scale-30 29 2 15.38 1 3.45
Apathy Inventory—Patient 3 1 7.69 1 33.33
Lubben Social Network Scale 12 1 7.69 3 25.00
Starkstein Apathy Scale 14 1 7.69 3 21.43
Lawton Physical Self-Maintenance Scale 14 1 7.69 3 21.43
The Dementia Quality of Life Instrument 5 1 7.69 1 20.00
Dementia Quality of Life Instrument—Revised 6 1 7.69 1 16.67
EQ-5D 6 1 7.69 1 16.67
Relationship Satisfaction Scale 7 1 7.69 1 14.29
Short Form Health Survey-36 36 1 7.69 5 13.89
The Cornell–Brown Scale for Quality of Life in Dementia 8 1 7.69 1 12.50
Duke Health Profile 17 1 7.69 2 11.76
General Self Efficacy Scale 10 1 7.69 1 10.00
Neuropsychiatric Inventory 12 1 7.69 1 8.33
Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease 12 1 7.69 1 8.33
The Herth Hope Index 12 1 7.69 1 8.33
Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Morale Scale 17 1 7.69 1 5.88
Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia 19 1 7.69 1 5.26
Self-Esteem Scale 23 1 7.69 1 4.35
General Health Questionnaire-28 28 1 7.69 1 3.57
The Life Satisfaction Scale 31 1 7.69 1 3.23
Dyadic Adjustment Scale 31 1 7.69 1 3.23
State-Trait Anxiety inventory 40 1 7.69 1 2.50
Autobiographical Memory Interview 21 0 0.00 0 0.00
Beck Anxiety Inventory 21 0 0.00 0 0.00
Behavioural Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease 25 0 0.00 0 0.00
Brief Assessment of Prospective Memory—Short Form 16 0 0.00 0 0.00
Cohen Mansfield Agitation Inventory 29 0 0.00 0 0.00
COOP/WONCA Charts 6 0 0.00 0 0.00
Duke AD 7 0 0.00 0 0.00
Geriatric Anxiety Inventory 20 0 0.00 0 0.00
General Health Questionnaire-12 12 0 0.00 0 0.00
Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale 10 0 0.00 0 0.00
Index for Managing Memory Loss 44 0 0.00 0 0.00
Interpersonal Reactivity Index 28 0 0.00 0 0.00
International Physical Activity Questionnaire 23 0 0.00 0 0.00
Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 8 0 0.00 0 0.00
Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living scale 22 0 0.00 0 0.00
Penn State Worry Questionnaire 16 0 0.00 0 0.00
Perceived Stress Scale 10 0 0.00 0 0.00
Physical Activity Scale For The Elderly 12 0 0.00 0 0.00
Physical Self-Maintenance Scale 6 0 0.00 0 0.00
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 11 0 0.00 0 0.00
Positive Psychology Outcome Measure 16 0 0.00 0 0.00
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale 10 0 0.00 0 0.00
Short Form Health Survey-8 8 0 0.00 0 0.00
Short Falls Efficacy Scale [85] 7 0 0.00 0 0.00
The Brief Resilience Scale 6 0 0.00 0 0.00
The Spirituality Index of Well-Being 12 0 0.00 0 0.00
Yale Physical Activity Survey 36 0 0.00 0 0.00

Note: OMI = outcome measurement instrument; COS = core outcome set; AD, Alzheimer’s disease; COOP/WONCA = Dartmouth Primary Care Cooperative Research Network/World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians; DEMQoL - Dementia Quality of Life Questionnaire; EQ-5D = EuroQol Five Dimension.