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Table 3: Abbreviations and full names of assessment scales and other
instruments

Abbreviation Full Name of Instrument

ADAS-cog Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale
ADCS-ADL Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study – Activities of Daily Living
ADFACS Alzheimer’s Disease Functional Assessment Change Scale
aRSS Abridged Relative Stress Scale
BEHAVE-AD Behavioral Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease
BGP Behavioral Rating Scale for Geriatric Patients
Bristol ADL Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale
CAS Caregiver Activity Survey
CDR-SB Clinical Dementia Rating Scale – Sum of Boxes
CGI-C Clinical Global Impression of Change
CIBIC-plus Clinician’s Interview-Based Impression of Change scale
CMCS Caregiver-rated Modified Crichton Scale
DAD Disability Assessment for Dementia
FAST Functional Assessment Staging Scale
GBS Gottfries, Brane, and Steen Scale
GDS Global Deterioration Scale
IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
IQCODE Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
MENFIS Mental Function Impairment Scale
MMSE Mini Mental State Examination
NOSGER Nurse’s Observational Scale for Geriatric Patients
NPI Neuropsychiatric Inventory
PDS Progressive Deterioration Scale
SCAG Sandoz Clinical Assessment Geriatric Scale
SCGB Screen for Caregiver Burden
SIB Severe Impairment Battery
*More detail provided for some of these scales in Appendix B

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