Table 2.
Overlap in cognitive test items assessing executive function administered in the United States (N = 3347), England (N= 1273), and Indian (N = 1777) HCAP samples
| Cognitive Item | United States |
England | India |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | N | N | |
| Executive Functioning Measure | |||
| Problem-solving test ‡ | 1015 | ||
| Ravens progressive matrices ⊥ | 3303 | 1258 | 1777 |
| Number series ⊥ | 2861 | 1153 | |
| Trail Making Test, Part B time ⊥ | 2860 | 1038 | |
| Similarities ‡ | 1777 | ||
| Token Test ‡ | 1015 | ||
| Go/No Go test ‡ | 1777 | ||
| Digit Span Forward ⊥ | 1777 | ||
| Digit Span Backward ⊥ | 1777 | ||
| Trail Making Test, Part A time ⊥ | 3249 | 1209 | |
| Symbol Digit Modalities Test ⊥ | 3236 | 1196 | |
| Backward counting ⊥ | 3305 | 1253 | |
| Backward Day naming ‡ | 1777 | ||
| Visual Scan (Symbol Cancellation Test) ⊥ | 1777 | ||
| Spelling backwards ‡ | 3347 | ||
| Serial 7s test ‡ | 1273 | 1624 | |
| Letter cancellation ⊥ | 3215 | 1273 | |
| Other Cognitive Measure | |||
| Orientation to time - Day of the month † | 3249 | 1253 | 1777 |
| Orientation to time – Month † | 3321 | 1273 | 1777 |
| Orientation to time – Year † | 3302 | 1268 | 1777 |
| Orientation to time - Day of the week † | 3318 | 1269 | 1777 |
| Orientation to time – Season † | 3301 | 1270 | 1777 |
| Orientation to place – Country † | 1271 | ||
| Orientation to place – State † | 3325 | 1777 | |
| Orientation to place – County † | 3274 | 1273 | |
| Orientation to place – City † | 3326 | 1272 | 1777 |
| Orientation to place - Floor of the building † | 3329 | 1777 | |
| Orientation to place – Address † | 3293 | 1777 | |
| Orientation to place - Name of place/hospital † | 1273 | 1777 | |
| Orientation to place - Area of town/village or street name † | 1271 | ||
| Three word immediate recall ‡ | 3338 | 1268 | 1777 |
| Three word delayed recall ‡ | 3305 | 1265 | 1777 |
| CERAD word list immediate recall, sum of 3 trials ⊥ | 3343 | 1263 | |
| CERAD word list immediate recall, sum of 3 trials ⊥ | 1777 | ||
| CERAD word list, delayed recall ⊥ | 3324 | ||
| CERAD word list, delayed recall ⊥ | 1777 | ||
| CERAD word list, delayed recall ⊥ | 1264 | ||
| CERAD word list, recognition ⊥ | 3330 | ||
| CERAD word list, recognition ⊥ | 1261 | 1777 | |
| Logical Memory, immediate recall ⊥ | 3306 | 1254 | 1777 |
| Logical Memory, delayed recall ⊥ | 3253 | 1210 | 1777 |
| Logical memory, recognition ⊥ | 3243 | 1222 | 1777 |
| CERAD Constructional praxis (copy 4 figures), delayed recall ⊥ | 3303 | 1161 | 1777 |
| East Boston Memory Test, immediate recall ⊥ | 3332 | 1264 | 1777 |
| East Boston Memory Test, delayed recall ⊥ | 3496 | 1217 | 1777 |
| Object naming by description (cactus) † | 3344 | 1273 | |
| Object naming by description (coconut) † | 1777 | ||
| Object naming by description (scissors) † | 3344 | 1273 | 1777 |
| Object naming by description (elbow) † | 3337 | 1273 | 1777 |
| Object naming by description (hammer) (10/66 item) † | 3340 | 1271 | 1777 |
| Object identification (watch) † | 3333 | 1777 | |
| Object identification (pencil) † | 3337 | 1777 | |
| Animal fluency ⊥ | 3345 | 1270 | 1777 |
| Write a sentence † | 3240 | 1230 | 1741 |
| Read and follow command † | 3284 | 1260 | 1741 |
| Repetition of phrase (e.g., no ifs, ands, or buts) † | 3324 | 1265 | 1777 |
| Following 2-step instruction (Point to window, then a door) † | 3339 | 1272 | 1777 |
| Where is the local market? (10/66 item) † | 3338 | 1273 | 1777 |
| Following 3-step instruction (paper, fold, floor) ‡ | 3317 | 1273 | 1777 |
| CERAD constructional praxis (copy 4 figures), immediate ⊥ | 3308 | 1250 | 1777 |
| Interlocking polygons † | 3284 | 1777 | |
| Clock Drawing ‡ | 1777 | ||
| Current President/Prime Minister † | 3341 | 1273 | 1777 |
*
Numbers indicate the number of individuals with data on a given item for each survey location
† =
binary item
‡ =
ordinal item
⊥ =
continuous item