Table 1

Test indices included in cognitive composites

DomainMeasures contributing to the composite
Executive functioningPhonemic Verbal Fluency Index (VFI)7: words beginning with ‘S’ and 4-letter words beginning with ‘C’, adjusted for motor disability
Semantic VFI7: ‘animal’ and ‘food’ words adjusted for motor disability
Hayling Sentence Completion Test19: latency score (time difference between completion of unconnected and connected sentences)
Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test19: total number of errors
Card Sorting test from Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System20: sorting score (maximum—score) and description score (maximum—score)
LanguageCookie Theft Picture (from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination)21: Complexity Index
British Picture Vocabulary Scale-II22: total number of errors
Test of Reception of Grammar-second edition-223: number of blocks failed
Boston Naming Test24: total number of errors
Category Specific Names Test25: total number of errors
Oral and Written Naming of Nouns and Verbs26: total number of errors
Judgement of Synonyms Subtest from Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia27: total number of errors
Graded Difficulty Spelling Test28: total number of errors
Pyramids and Palm Trees29: total number of errors
Kissing and Dancing Test30: total number of errors
Spot the Word Test31: total number of errors