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Table 1 Measurement instruments

From: Pain in dementia: prevalence and associated factors: protocol of a multidisciplinary study

Instrument

Source

Time (in minutes)

T0 memory clinic

T0 nursing home

T1 nursing home

Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (15 Word Test)

1

15

*

  

Amsterdam Dementia Screening Test -Meander (ADS-6)

1

5

*

  

Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) – Rule Shift Cards

1

5-10

*

  

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)

1

5

*

*

*

Dementia Quality of Life (DQoL)

1,2

5

*

  

Faces Pain Scale – Revised (FPS-R)

1

3

*

*

*

Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)

3

1

 

*

 

Katz-ADL

     

Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE)

1

10

*

*

 

Mobilization Observation Behaviour Intensity Dementia-2 (MOBID-2) Pain Scale

3

5

 

*

*

Neuropsychiatric Inventory- Nursing Home (NPI-NH)

3

15

 

*

 

Neuropsychiatric Inventory- Questionnaire (NPI-Q)

2

5

*

  

Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

1

2

*

*

*

Orofacial Pain Scale for Non Verbal Individuals (OPS-NVI)

3

10

*

*

*

Oral Examination

1

20

*

*

 

Pain Assessment IN Advanced Dementia (PAINAD)

3

    

Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST)

1

15

*

*

 

Qualidem

3

10

 

*

 

Revised Index for Social Engagement (RISE)

3

5

 

*

 

Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT)

1

5-10

*

  

Stroop Color-Word Test

1

5

*

  

Structured physical examination

1,3

15

*

*

 

Trail Making Test (TMT)

1

5

*

  

Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS)

1

2

*

*

*

Verbal Fluency Test (VFT) - Animals

1

3-10

*

  

Visual Association Test (VAT)

1

 

*

  

VU University- Ambulatory Monitoring System (VU-AMS)

1

10

*

*

 
  1. 1 = Patient, 2 = Caretaker, 3 = Health professionals, T0 = baseline, T1 = after 3 months.