Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Created: January 22, 2013
Last Modified: January 17, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond
Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC
This script implements the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) as originally described in Rosen et al (1984). The order of the noncognitive items was taken from Mohs & Cohen (1988) and the the word items - if not specified in Rosen et al (1984)- and order of Cognitive Behavior questions were be taken from Schultz et al (2001).
Notes: (1) The main purpose of this script is to help keep track of scoring. For many of these tasks, the evaluation of the patient's responses has to be done by an experienced examiner. (2) The examiner -not the patient- fills out the ADAS based on evaluation of patient (4) Test administration guidelines are provided in Rosen et al (1984). (5) Examiner has options to choose to run the cognitive and noncognitive assessment or only one of the two (-> Editable parameter) (6) Rosen et al (1984) describe many of the scoring scales on a 1(mild)-5(severe) scale without a 0 category (= no impairment). Millisecond added the 0-categories to the scales (see also Mohs & Cohen, 1988).
Rosen, W.G, Mohs, R.C & Davis, K.L. (1984). A new rating scale for Alzheimer’s disease. American Journal of Psychiatry, 141: 1356-1364.
Mohs RC & Cohen L (1988). Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS). Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 24: 627-628.
Schultz, R.R, Siviero, M.O, & Bertolucci, P.H.F. (2001). The cognitive subscale of the “Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale” in a Brazilian sample. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 34, 1295-1302.
3 minutes
File Name: adas_summary*.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| inquisit.version | Inquisit version number |
| computer.platform | Device platform: win | mac |ios | android |
| computer.touch | 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities |
| computer.hasKeyboard | 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected |
| startdate | Date script was run |
| starttime | Time script was started |
| subjectid | Assigned subject id number |
| groupid | Assigned group id number |
| sessionid | Assigned session id number |
| elapsedtime | Time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script |
| completed | 0 = Test was not completed 1 = Test was completed |
| adasTotalScore | Sum of Cogn_Score48, Memory_Score22, NonCogn_Score50 |
| cognScore70 | Sum of all cognitive behavior assessment items (Max: 70) |
| cognScore48 | Sum of Cognitive Behavior Assessment scores (minus Memory Scores) (Max: 48) |
| memoryScore22 | Sum of Recall and Recognition Scores (Max: 22) |
| noncognScore50 | Sum of NonCognitive Behavior Assessment scores (Max: 50) |
| recall - recognition | Assigned scores for Cognitive Assessment Scores |
| tearful- appetite | Assigned scores for Non-Cognitive Assessment Scores |
File Name: adas.iqdat
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| date | Date the session was run |
| time | Time the session was run |
| subject | Participant ID |
| group | Group number |
| session | Session number |
| build | Inquisit version number |
| q*_response | Response given (in assigned values) to each of the individual survey questions |
| q*_latency | How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) |
The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.
| Name | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| skipCognAssessment | True: skips Cognitive Behavior Assessment Items false: runs Cognitive Behavior Assessment Items (default) | false |
| skipNonCognAssessment | True: skips NonCognitive Behavior Assessment Items false: runs NonCognitive Behavior Assessment Items (default) | false |