Table 2. Brief Behavioral Assessment Instruments Description
Name of Instrument
BEHAVE–AD
Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire (NPI-Q)
Revised Memory and Behavior Problem Checklist (RMBPC)
Assessment of 25 behavioral symptoms and a global rating
Rates frequency of 29 agitated behaviors on 7 point scale
Rates frequency, severity of 12 behavioral symptoms as well as caregiver distress associated with symptoms
Rates frequency of 24 specific behaviors over past week and degree of distress to caregiver caused by each
Ryden Aggression Scale (RAS)
Assessment of frequency of 25 aggressive behaviors
Advantages
Includes psychotic symptoms
Very detailed information about agitation
Several versions; can adapt to setting/ time limits; provides information about caregiver stress
Self-administered caregiver-report tool requires less than 10 minutes to complete; allows clinical/ empirical assessment of potentially modifiable behavior problems
Very detailed information on aggression
Table 3. Functional Assessment Instruments1 Description
Name of Instrument
Functional Status Questionnaire2
Functional Activities Questionnaire
Physical Self- Maintenance Scale
34 questions assessing physical, psychological, social and role functions
10 questions assessing ADL – finances, meal preparation, shopping, entertainment, current events, memory for planned events, travel
60 questions assessing toilet, bathing, feeding, dressing, ambulation, shopping, housekeeping, finances, transportation, medication management
Disadvantages
Minimal assessment of disruptive behaviors
Assesses only agitation
Long version may be time-consuming to administer
Dependent on caregiver's reading and interpretation (as are all self-report measures)
Limited to aggressive behavior
Advantages
Self-administered, detailed
Caregiver-report tool requires less than 10 minutes to complete
Comprehensive caregiver-report tool
Disadvantages
Limited to patients with mild impairment
Dependent on caregiver's reading and interpretation (as are all self-report measures)
Time-consuming to complete
1. Avalable at: http://www.hospitalmedicine.org/geriresource/toolbox/the_functional_activities.htm 2. Jette AM, Davies AR, et al. The Functional Status Questionnaire: reliability and validity when used in primary care. J Gen Intern Med. 1986;1:143-149.
