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Table 1 Summary of the tools used for the neuropsychological evaluation

From: The epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in community-living seniors: protocol of the MemoVie cohort study, Luxembourg

CERAD-NP:

 
 

Verbal semantic fluency (animals)

 

Modified Boston Naming Test [14]: denomination test from simple line drawings

 

Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) [15]

 

Word List Memory (progressive learning of a 10-item list, direct recall, learning performance on 3 consecutive recalls, delayed recall, intrusions)

 

Constructional Praxis

 

Word List Recall

 

Word List Recognition

 

Recall of Constructional Praxis

Additional tests in the CERAD-plus:

 

Verbal phonological fluency

 

Trail Making Test (TMT A&B; mental flexibility assessment)

Supplementary tests of the MemoVie protocol

 

Letter Cancellation D2 Test

 

Letter Cancellation D2 Test

 

RL/RI-16

 

Geriatric depression Scale (GDS)

 

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

 

Cognitive Difficulties Scale (CDS)

 

Clock-Drawing Test (CDT)

 

Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)

 

Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the elderly (IQ-Code)

 

Questionnaire of cognitive complaints (QPC)