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Table 4 Computerised cognitive assessment

From: Individualised computerised cognitive training for community-dwelling people with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol of a completely virtual, randomised, controlled trial

Test

Description

Adaptation of

Memory span I:

Digit span, unsorted

(‘Zahlen merken – unsortiert’)

Rows of single-digit numbers are presented (each 1 second); the numbers must be reproduced immediately afterwards

WAIS-IV [35],

task Digit Span

Memory span II:

Digit span, ascending

(‘Zahlen merken – aufsteigend’)

Like Memory span I; numbers must be reproduced in ascending order

WAIS-IV [35],

task Digit Span

Processing speed I:

Number Comparison

(‘Zahlen vergleichen’)

Comparison of two single-digit numbers separated by a horizontal line (participants should react if same number)

Pattern Comparison\Letter Comparison [36]

Processing speed II:

Symbol count

(‘Symbole zählen’)

Counting a target symbol in a pool as fast as possible

SKT [37],

task ‘counting symbols’

Processing speed III:

Numerical stroop task

(‘numerischer Stroop-Test’)

Two single-digit numbers are presented in different sizes (congruent/incongruent mixed); number with higher value must be clicked as fast as possible

Numerical stroop task [38, 39]

Short term memory I:

Free recall

(‘Wortliste – Erinnern’)

12 objects have to be named; afterwards shown for 1 minute; some tests later, the objects must be remembered

SKT [37],

task ‘delayed recall’

Short term memory II:

Cued recall

(‘Wortliste – erkennen’)

The objects from Short term memory I must be selected from a selection of 16 objects

SKT [37],

task ‘recognition recall’

Logical reasoning:

Matrices Test

(‘Matrizentest’)

In a (2×2 or 3×3) matrix of symbols, the bottom right symbol is missing; the composition rule has to be understood, and the correct symbol must be selected

Raven Standard Progressive Matrices [40]

  1. Abbreviations: SKT Syndrom-Kurz-Test (engl. Short Cognitive Perfomance Test), WAIS-IV Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition