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Table 1 Measurements and test administrations at T1, T2, T3, and T4 for participants and caregivers

From: The effects of video observation of chewing during lunch on masticatory ability, food intake, cognition, activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life in older adults with dementia: a study protocol of an adjusted randomized controlled trial

 

Participant

Caregiver

Measures

MMSE 15-25

MMSE <15

All participants

Primary

Masticatory ability

   

  Two-colour chewing gum

X

X

 

Secondary

Food intake

   

  Weighed inventory method

X

X

 

Cognition

   

  MMSE

Xa

Xa

 

  Eight words test

X

  

  Digit Span

X

  

  Visual Memory Span

X

  

  Face recognition

X

  

  Picture recognition

X

  

  Picture completion

X

  

  Letter fluency

X

  

  Category fluency I (animals)

X

  

  Category fluency II (professions)

X

  

ADL

   

  Katz ADL

  

X

Depression

   

  Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia

  

X

QoL

   

  DQoL

X

X

 

  QUALIDEM

  

X

  1. MMSE mini-mental state examination, ADL activities of daily living, QoL quality of life, DQoL dementia quality of life. Adapted from “The effects of observation of walking in a living room environment, on physical, cognitive, and quality of life related outcomes in older adults with dementia: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial,” by J.G. Douma, K.M. Volkers, J.P. Vuijk, M.H. Sonneveld, R.H.M. Goossens, and E.J.A. Scherder, 2015, BMC Geriatrics, 15, p. 26. Copyright 2015 by the authors
  2. aPre-baseline test score is considered T1 test score