Individualised sensory intervention to improve quality of life in people with dementia and their companions (SENSE-Cog trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Table 4 Battery of scales administered during baseline, week 18 and week 36 visits

Outcome	Administered by	Information about	Scale
QoL of PwD	Researcher to PwD	PwD	DEMQOL [42]
QoL of PwD	Researcher to companion	PwD	DEMQOL proxy [42]
Dementia-related functional ability	Companion self-completes	PwD	BADLs [44]
Vision-related functional ability	Researcher to PwD	PwD	LV-VFQ – 20 [45]
Vision-related functional ability	Researcher to companion	PwD	LV-VFQ – SP
Hearing-related functional ability	Researcher to PwD	PwD	HHIE-25 [46]
Hearing-related functional ability	Researcher to companion	PwD	HHIE-SP [47]
Global cognitive functioning	Researcher to PwD	PwD	MoCA (at screening) [30]
Behavioural and psychological symptoms	Researcher to companion	PwD	NPI-12 [48]
Relationship with companion	Researcher to PwD (not in presence of companion)	PwD	RSS [49]
Mental well-being of companion	Companion self-completes	Companion	GHQ-12 [50]
QoL of companion	Researcher to companion	Companion	SF-12 [51]
Companion experience	Companion self-completes	Companion	FCS [52]
Relationship with PwD	Companion self-completes	Companion	RSS [49]
Companion depression	Companion self-completes	Companion	HADS [53]
Health resource utilisation	Researcher to companion	PwD	RUD-Lite [40]
	Researcher to companion	PwD	EQ-5D-5 L Proxy [54], SF-12 Proxy [51]
	Researcher to PwD	PwD	EQ-5D-5 L [54], SF-12 [51]

Abbreviations: BADLs Bristol Activities of Daily Living, DEMQOL Dementia Quality of Life, EQ-5D-5 L 5-level EuroQol 5-dimension, EQ-5D-5 L-P 5-level EuroQol 5-dimension Proxy, FCS fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, GHQ-12 General Health Questionnaire – 12 items, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HHIE-25 Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - 25 items, HHIE-SP Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Spousal rating – 25 items, LV-VFQ – 20 Veterans Affairs Low-Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire – 25 items, LV-VFQ – SP Veterans Affairs Low-Vision Visual Functioning Questionnaire Spousal rating – 25 items, MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment, NPI-12 Neuropsychiatric Inventory – 12 items, PwD people with dementia, QoL quality of life, RSS Relationship Satisfaction Scale, RUD-Lite Resource Utilization in Dementia-Lite, SF-12 Short Form-12 Health Survey

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