Exercise rehabilitation on home-dwelling patients with Alzheimer's disease - a randomized, controlled trial. Study protocol

Table 1 Study assessment procedures and timetable.

Assessment¹	Telehone interview	Baseline visit	3 month visit	6 month visit	12 month visit	24 month visit
AD patient
Inclusion criteria	X
Demographics, diagnoses, drugs		X
CDR		X				X
MMSE		X			X	X
Verbal flow, clock drawing test		X	X	X	X	X
MNA		X
Weight, BMI		X	X	X	X	X
Mobility and balance tests by Guralnik		X	X	X	X	X
FIM		X	X	X	X	X
NPI		X		X
Grip strength, blood pressure, heart rate		X	X	X	X	X
Cornell depression scale		X			X
Falls and fractures			X	X	X	X
Use of health and social services, admission to permanent institutional care, mortality			X	X	X	X
Spousal caregiver
Demographics, diagnoses, drugs		X
Zarit burden scale		X			X	X
GDS		X			X
RAND-36 QOL		X			X	X
Mobility and balance tests by Guralnik		X			X
Use of health and social services, mortality			X	X	X	X

¹ CDR = Clinical dementia Rating Scale (Hughes et al 1982) (0.5 suggests possible dementia, 1 mild, 2 moderate, and 3 severe dementia); MMSE = Minimental State Examination (Folstein et al. 1972); MNA = Mininutritional Assessment (Guigoz et al. 2002) (< 24 suggests risk for malnutrition or malnourishment); BMI = Body mass index; Guralnik's mobility tests (Guralnik et al. 1994); FIM = Measure of functioning (Pollak et al. 1996); NPI = Neuropsychiatric inventory (Cummings et al. 1994, 1997); Cornell = depression test (Alexopoulos et al. 1988); Zarit burden scale (Zarit et al. 1980), GDS = Geriatric depression scale (Yesavage et al. 1982-3); RAND-36 = Measure of health related quality of life (Parker et al. 2006)

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