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. 2022 Apr 18;15(5):551–564. doi: 10.1007/s40271-022-00576-w

Table 3.

Consistency of responses to screening questions comparing telephone screening with responses at in-person interview in pretest interviewsa

Question Round 1 Round 2
Number of times answer changed in the in-person interview for round 1 pretest interviews Number of times the changed answer would have made the person ineligible for round 1 pretest interviews Number of times answer changed in the in-person interview for the round 2 pretest interviews Number of times the changed answer would have made the person ineligible for round 2 pretest interviews
S1. How old are you? 1 0 1 0
S2. Are you …? (gender) 0 0 0 0
S3. Do you live …? (living arrangements) 3 0 1 0
S4. Have you noticed that your memory is not what it used to be? 0 0 0 0
S5. Do you find that changes in your memory interfere with your daily activities? 4 4 2 2
S6. Over the last 6 months, has your memory: (Stayed the same or gotten worse) 6 6 2 2
S7. Did you mention your memory concerns to your physician? 1 1 0 0
S8. When did you first discuss your memory concerns with your doctor? 10 2 5 1
S9. What did your doctor say you had? (Memory related problems) 9 2 7 0
S10. Did the doctor offer a prescription medicine for your memory concerns? This could be a conversation that occurred even if you didn’t take the medication. 3 2 2 0
S11: Do you currently take a prescription medicine for memory concerns? Not asked Not asked 0 0
S12: What medicines do you currently take for your memory or thinking concerns? Not asked Not asked 0 0
S13. Have you been diagnosed with any of the following? (mental diseases) 1 1 1 1
S14. Which of the following do you need help with? (daily activities) 11 0 7 0
S15. Are you comfortable using a computer to type e-mails or look at websites for news or shopping? 0 0 0 0

aFor round 2 pretest interviews, respondents were screened online first, then by telephone. The discrepancies reported in this table are only for discrepancies between the telephone interview and the in-person interview