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Table 4 Outcome measures: Cognitive tests used for two cognitive domains of memory and executive function/processing speed

From: The association between cognitive function and white matter lesion location in older adults: a systematic review

Reference

Executive function / Processing speed

Memory

Groot et al. et al. [24]

Stroop, Letter-Digit Substitution Task, Verbal Fluency

Rey’s Auditory, Memory Scanning Task

Shenkin et al. [25]

Verbal Fluency, Controlled Word Association, Moray House Test, Raven’s Progressive Matrices

Wechsler Memory Scale

Baune et al. [26]

Stroop, Letter-Digit Substitution Task

3-Word Recall

Kim et al. [27]

Boston Naming, Buccofacial Praxis Test, Semantic Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Stroop Color, Word Test

Seoul Verbal Learning Test, Ray Complex Figure Test, Delayed Recall and Recognition, Digit Span Tests

Silbert et al. [28]

-

Delayed Story Recall

McClleland et al. [21]

Digit-Symbol Substitution Task

-

Wright et al. [29]

Color Trail 1 & 2

-

Kaplan et al. [30]

Stroop, Trail Making, CalCap

Repeated Battery for Neuropsychological Status

Wakefield et al. [31]

Stroop, Trail Making 1 & 2, CalCap

-

O’Brien et al. [32]

Verbal Fluency, Trail Making 1 & 2

Memory Component of CDR

Smith et al. [14]

Letter Fluency, Trail Making 2

Episodic Memory, Alpha Span Test

Burns et al. [33]

Trail Making 1 & 2, Short Blessing Test, Boston Naming

Wechsler Memory Scale, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Ishii et al. [34]

Verbal Fluency, Trail Making Test, Benton’s Visual Form Test

ADAS-Cog, 10 Word Recall, Digit Span Forward

Tullberg et al. [35]

Verbal Fluency

Wechsler Memory Scale, Word List Learning, Digit Span Backward

  1. Abbreviations: CalCap = California Computerized Assessment Package; CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating Scale; ADAS-Cog = Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive.