Advances in Telephone-based Cognitive Screening Procedures

"ALS patients will be administered the following TBCS tests:~* ALS Cognitive Behavioral Screen-Phone Version;~* Telephone-based Frontal Assessment Battery;~* Telephone Language Screener;~* Telephone-based Verbal Fluency Battery;~This group will also undergo a telephone-based, caregiver-reported behavioral and functional assessment via the following scales:~* Activities of Daily Living;~* Instrumental Activities of Daily Living;~* Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire - Short Version;~* Caregiver Behavioral Questionnaire;~* ECAS-Carer Interview."

"AD, DLB, FTD and CVD patients will be administered the following TBCS tests:~* Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status;~* Telephone-based Frontal Assessment Battery;~* Telephone Language Screener;~* Telephone-based Verbal Fluency Battery;~These groups will also undergo a telephone-based, caregiver-reported behavioral and functional assessment via the following scales:~* Activities of Daily Living;~* Instrumental Activities of Daily Living;~* Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire - Short Version;~* Neuropsychiatric Inventory;~* Frontal Behavioural Inventory."

"NIs will undergo the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status over the telephone and will be additionally administered, in person, the following cognitive screeners:~* Mini-Mental State Examination~* Montreal Cognitive Assessment~* In-Person Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status in person."