A Compendium of Tests, Scales and Questionnaires:
The Practitioner's Guide to Measuring Outcomes after Acquired Brain Impairment

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Table of Contents

    1. 1. Introduction
        1. Background and Methodology.
        2. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
        3. Placing Measuring Instruments for ABI within the ICF Taxonomy.
        4. References.
  2. Part A: Body Functions
    1. 2. Scales of Consciousness and Orientation.
        1. Introduction
      2. Section 1. Scales Measuring Coma, Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States.
        1. Coma/Near Coma (C/NC) Scale.
        2. Comprehensive Levels of Consciousness Scale (CLOCS).
        3. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).
        4. JFK Coma Recovery Scale — Revised (CRS-R).
        5. Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale (LCFS).
        6. Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM).
        7. Western Neuro Sensory Stimulation Profile (WNSSP).
      3. Section 2. Scales Measuring Delirium.
        1. Cognitive Test for Delirium (CTD).
        2. Confusion Assessment Method (CAM).
        3. Confusion Assessment Protocol (CAP).
        4. Delirium Rating Scale — Revised — 98 (DRS-R-98).
        5. Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS).
      4. Section 3. Scales Measuring Orientation and Post-traumatic Amnesia.
        1. Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT).
        2. Orientation Group Monitoring System (OGMS).
        3. Orientation Log (O-Log).
        4. Post-traumatic Amnesia Questionnaire (PTAQ).
        5. Westmead Post-traumatic Amnesia Scale (WPTAS).
    2. 3. Scales of General Cognitive Functions.
        1. Introduction.
        2. Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination — Revised (ACE-R).
        3. Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration Test (BIMCT).
        4. Capacity to Consent to Treatment Instrument (CCTI).
        5. Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly (CAPE).
        6. Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI).
        7. Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ).
        8. Cognitive Log (Cog-Log).
        9. General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG).
        10. Hopkins Competency Assessment Test (HCAT).
        11. Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE).
        12. Mini-Cog.
        13. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
        14. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).
        15. Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS).
        16. Severe Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE).
        17. Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS).
        18. Test for Severe Impairment (TSI).
    3. 4. Scales of Specific Cognitive Functions.
        1. Introduction
      2. Section 1. Scales Measuring Attention Functions.
        1. Moss Attention Rating Scale (MARS).
        2. Rating Scale of Attentional Behaviour. (RSAB)
      3. Section 2. Scales Assessing Executive Functions.
        1. Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX).
        2. Executive Interview (EXIT25).
        3. Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB).
        4. Problem Solving Inventory (PSI).
      4. Section 3. Scales Assessing Language Functions.
        1. Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI).
        2. Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test (FAST).
        3. La Trobe Communication Questionnaire (LCQ).
        4. Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MAST).
      5. Section 4. Scales Assessing Memory Functions.
        1. Comprehensive Assessment of Prospective Memory (CAPM).
        2. Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ).
        3. Memory Compensation Questionnaire (MCQ).
        4. Memory Functioning Questionnaire (MFQ).
        5. Memory Impairment Screen (MIS).
        6. Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire (PRMQ).
      6. Section 5. Scales Assessing Self-awareness.
        1. Awareness Questionnaire (AQ).
        2. Patient Competency Rating Scale (PCRS).
        3. Self-Awareness of Deficits Interview (SADI).
    4. 5. Scales Assessing the Regulation of Behaviour, Thought and Emotion.
        1. Introduction.
        2. Agitated Behavior Scale (ABS).
        3. Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES).
        4. Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale (BDS).
        5. Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease Rating Scale (BEHAVE-AD).
        6. Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF).
        7. Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI).
        8. Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS).
        9. Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS).
        10. Frontal Behavioral Inventory (FBI).
        11. Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe).
        12. Harmful Behaviours Scale (HBS).
        13. Katz Adjustment Scale — Form R1 (KAS-R1).
        14. Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI).
        15. Neuropsychology Behavior and Affect Profile (NBAP).
        16. Overt Aggression Scale — Modified for Neurorehabilitation (OAS-MNR).
        17. Overt Behaviour Scale (OBS).
    5. 6. Scales of Sensory, Ingestion and Motor Functions.
        1. Ian D. Cameron.
        2. Introduction.
      2. Section 1. Scales Assessing Sensory Functions.
        1. Seeing Functions.
          1. Snellen Chart.
        2. Hearing Functions.
          1. Whispered Voice Test (WVT).
        3. Smell Functions.
          1. San Diego Odor Identification Test (SOIT).
        4. Touch Functions.
          1. Semmes Weinstein Monofilament (SWM).
        5. Pain Functions.
          1. Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS)
          2. Numeric Rating Scales (NRS), and Other Pain Scales.
          3. McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ).
      3. Section 2. Scales Assessing Ingestion Functions.
        1. Bedside Swallowing Assessment (BSA).
      4. Section 3. Scales Assessing Motor Functions.
        1. Muscle Power Functions.
          1. Medical Research Council Motor Scale (MRC-MS).
        2. Muscle Tone Functions.
          1. Ashworth Scale (AS).
          2. Tardieu Scale (TS).
        3. Movement Functions.
          1. Berg Balance Scale (BBS).
          2. Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA).
          3. High-level Mobility Assessment Tool (HiMAT).
          4. Motor Assessment Scale (MAS).
          5. Motricity Index (MI).
          6. Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI).
          7. Timed Gait Pattern Function Tests.
  3. Part B. Activities and Participation.
    1. 7. Scales Assessing Activities of Daily Living.
        1. Introduction.
        2. Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADLQ).
        3. Assessment of Living Skills and Resources (ALSAR).
        4. Barthel Index (BI).
        5. Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS).
        6. Frenchay Activities Index (FAI).
        7. Functional Independence Measure (FIM).
        8. Functional Independence Measure and Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM).
        9. Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM).
        10. Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living (KIADL).
        11. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADLS) and Physical Self-Maintenance Scale (PSMS).
        12. Northwick Park Dependency Score (NPDS).
        13. Nottingham Activities of Daily Living Scale (NADLS).
        14. Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living (NEADL).
        15. Rivermead Activities of Daily Living (RADL).
        16. Systeme de Mesure de l’Autonomie Fonctionnelle (SMAF; English version: Functional Autonomy Measurement System).
    2. 8. Scales Assessing Participation and Social Role.
        1. Introduction.
        2. Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP).
        3. Community Integration Measure (CIM).
        4. Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ).
        5. Community Outcome Scale (COS).
        6. Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART).
        7. Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA) Questionnaire.
        8. Leeds Assessment Scale of Handicap (LASH).
        9. London Handicap Scale (LHS).
        10. Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire (NLQ).
        11. Participation Objective, Participation Subjective (POPS).
        12. Reintegration to Normal Living (RNL) Index.
        13. Sydney Psychosocial Reintegration Scale (SPRS).
        14. World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHODAS II).
  4. Part C. Contextual Factors.
    1. 9. Scales of Environmental Factors.
        1. Introduction.
        2. Care and Needs Scale (CANS).
        3. Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors (CHIEF).
        4. Home and Community Environment (HACE) Instrument.
        5. Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL).
        6. Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS).
        7. Measure of Quality of the Environment (MQE).
        8. Northwick Park Care Needs Assessment (NPCNA).
        9. Social Support Survey (SSS).
        10. Supervision Rating Scale (SRS).
        11. Survey of Unmet Needs and Service Use (SUNSU).
  5. Part D. Multi-domain Scales.
    1. 10. Global, Multidimensional and Quality of Life Scales.
        1. Introduction.
      2. Section 1. Global Scales.
        1. Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale.
        2. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS).
        3. Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS).
        4. Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and Functional Assessment Staging (FAST).
        5. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS).
      3. Section 2. Multidimensional and Quality of Life Scales.
        1. Disability Rating Scale (DRS).
        2. European Brain Injury Questionnaire (EBIQ).
        3. Functional Status Examination (FSE).
        4. Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).
        5. Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory — 4 (MPAI-4).
        6. Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory (NFI).
        7. Neurobehavioral Rating Scale — Revised (NRS-R).
        8. Rivermead Post-concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ).
        9. Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS).
        10. Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36).
        11. World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL).
  6. Appendices.
        1. A. Clinical Populations for Which Scales Were Originally Designed and With Which They Have Been Used.
        2. B. List of Abbreviations.
        3. C. Listing of ICF Categories and Codes Pertinent to Instruments Included in the Compendium.
        4. D. Items from Scales of Activity/Participation Mapped to ICF Domains.
        5. E. Item Content of Scales of Activity/Participation.
        6. Alphabetical List of Scales.
  7. Indexes.