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Table 1 Schedule of assessments and measures

From: The NEIL Memory Research Unit: psychosocial, biological, physiological and lifestyle factors associated with healthy ageing: study protocol

  

Screen/Phone Assessment

Baseline Questionnaire

Baseline Assessment

Follow Up Phone Assessment

Follow Up Questionnaires

Follow Up Assessment

Explain Study

 

X

  

X

  

Obtain Consent

 

X

    

X

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

 

X

     

Health

       

Medical history

Health Screening Questionnaire (Christensen et al. 1992)

X

     

Self-report items

X

  

X

  

Medication List

Self-report (verbatim from labels)

X

  

X

  

Family history AD/dementia

Self-report item

X

  

X

  

Self-rated health

Self-report items

 

X

 

X

  

Frailty

Fried Frailty Index (Fried et al. 2001)

  

X

  

X

Cognitive function

       

Self-rated memory

Self-report items

 

X

  

X

 

Subjective memory complaints/ failures – self-rated

MAC-Q (Crook et al. 1992)

    

X

 

PRMQ (Smith et al. 2000)

    

X

 

Informant/proxy rating of memory performance and complaints/failures

IQCODE (Jorm 1994)

 

X

  

X

 

Proxy PRMQ (P-PRMQ) (Smith et al. 2000)

    

X

 

Self-report items

    

X

 

Reading ability/dyslexia screen

WRAT-3 Reading Test (Wilkenson 1993)

  

X

   

Premorbid IQ

NART (Nelson 1982)

  

X

   

Overall function

MMSE (Folstein et al. 1975)

  

X

  

X

MoCA (Nasreddine et al. 2005)

  

X

  

X

Episodic Memory

WMS-IV Logical Memory Subtest (Weschler 2009)

  

X

  

X

Bushke & Grober FCSRT (Grober & Buschke 1987)

  

X

  

X

ACAD word and shape recognition task – immediate and delayed recall (Di Rosa et al. 2014)

  

X

  

X

Working Memory

WMS-III Letter Number Sequencing Subtest (Weschler 1997)

  

X

  

X

Prospective Memory

TILDA Experimental Task

  

X

  

X

Processing Speed

Colour Trails 1 (D’Elia et al. 1994)

  

X

  

X

Choice Reaction Time experimental task (Brennan 2011)

  

X

  

X

Executive Function

Colour Trails 2 (D’Elia et al. 1994)

  

X

  

X

Verbal (animal) fluency task

  

X

  

X

CAMDEX Visual Reasoning Subtest (Roth et al. 1998)

  

X

  

X

Attention

Sustained Attention to Response (SART) experimental task (Robertson et al. 1997)

  

X

  

X

ACAD Shapes Sustained Attention to Response (SSART) task (Di Rosa et al. 2014)

  

X

  

X

Visuo-Spatial

Landmark Spatial Bias Task (20 item) (Bellgrove et al. 2005)

     

X

Demographics

       

Age

Self-report item

X

X

 

X

X

 

Sex

Self-report item

X

     

Marital Status

Self-report item

 

X

  

X

 

Occupational Status – current

Self-report items

 

X

  

X

 

Occupational History

Items adapted from Cognitive Reserve Index (Nucci et al. 2012)

 

X

    

Educational attainment

Years of education, highest level completed – self report

 

X

  

X

 

Caregiving

Self-report items

 

X

  

X

 

Behavioural/lifestyle

       

Smoking

Self-report items

 

X

 

X

  

Alcohol Use

Self-report items

 

X

 

X

  
 

CAGE (Mayfield et al. 1974)

 

X

 

X

  

Sleep Quality

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (Buysse et al. 1989)

 

X

  

X

 
 

Stanford Sleepiness Scale(Hoddes et al. 1973)

  

X

  

X

Physical Activity

IPAQ – Short Form (Craig et al. 2003)

  

X

  

X

Leisure Activity/Cognitive Stimulating Activity

Leisure Activities Scale (House et al. 1982)

 

X

  

X

 

Lifetime Cognitive Activity Scale (Wilson et al. 2013)

    

X

 

Boredom-proneness

Self-report item (Conroy et al. 2010)

 

X

  

X

 

Psychosocial

       

Self-rated mental health

Self-report item

 

X

 

X

  

Depression

CES-D Scale (Radloff 1977)

  

X

  

X

Anxiety

HADS-A Anxiety subscale (Zigmond & Snaith 1983)

  

X

  

X

Perceived Stress

4-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4) (Cohen et al. 1983)

  

X

  

X

Quality of Life/Life Satisfaction

CASP-12 (Wiggins et al. 2008)

  

X

  

X

 

Self-report item

  

X

  

X

Social Connectedness

Berkman-Syme Social Network Index (Berkman & Syme 1979)

  

X

  

X

 

Lubben Social Network Scale – 18-item (LSNS-18) (Lubben et al. 2003)

    

X

 

Physical

       

Height

Standing body height – Seca® stadiometer

  

X

  

X

Weight

Weight – Seca®electronic scale

  

X

  

X

Dominant hand

Self-report

  

X

  

X

Walking Speed

Timed walk – 16 ft (4.8768 m)

  

X

  

X

Grip Strength

Baseline® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer – 2 measures per hand

  

X

  

X

Physiological

       

EEG - Resting State

3 min eyes open, 3 min eyes closed

  

X

  

X

  1. ACAD Automated Cognitive Assessment Delivery; CAMDEX Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination; CES-D Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; FCSRT Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test; HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaire
  2. IQCODE Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly; LSNS-18 Lubben Social Network Scale (18 item); MAC-Q Memory Assessment Clinic Questionnaire; MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination; MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NART National Adult Reading Test; PRMQ Prospective Retrospective Memory Questionnaire; PSS-4 Perceived Stress Scale (4 item); SART Sustained Attention to Response Task; SSART Shapes Sustained Attention to Response Task; TILDA The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing; WMS Weschler Memory Scale; WRAT-3 Wide Range Achievement Test 3