HCAP measures of cognitive health26 27
Outcome measure | Cognitive domain |
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) | Global cognitive status |
HRS Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (HRS-TICS) | Global cognitive status |
CERAD Word List Learning and Recall—Immediate | Episodic memory (immediate) |
Retrieval fluency (Animal naming) | Language/fluency |
Letter cancellation | Attention/processing speed |
Backward count | Attention/processing speed |
10/66 Respondent | Global cognitive status |
CERAD Word List Recall—Delayed | Episodic memory (delayed) |
Story recall—Immediate | Episodic memory (immediate) |
CERAD Word List—Recognition | Episodic memory (recognition) |
CERAD Constructional Praxis—Immediate | Visuospatial ability |
Symbol-Digit Modalities Test | Attention/processing speed |
CERAD Constructional Praxis—Delayed | Visual memory (delayed) |
Story recall—Delayed | Episodic memory (delayed) |
Story recall—Recognition | Episodic memory (recognition) |
HRS Number Series | Executive function |
Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices | Abstract reasoning |
Trail Making Test (Part A & B) | Executive function/attention/processing speed |
CES-D Depressive Symptoms | Assessment of presence and level of depression |
Tests listed in order of administration. Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR), 16 204 North Florida Avenue, Lutz, Florida 33549, from the Mini Mental State Examination, by Marshal Folstein and Susan Folstein, Copyright 1975, 1998, 2001 by Mini Mental LLC. Published 2001 by PAR. [Copyright@parinc.com].
CERAD, Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease; CES-D, Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; HRS, Health and Retirement Study.