Table 3 Items on the PDQ tested and retained for the final rasch model
From: Quantifying cognition at the bedside: a novel approach combining cognitive symptoms and signs in HIV
Item number | Retained in model | Item content |
|---|---|---|
1 | Lose your train of thought when speaking | |
2 | ✓ | Have difficulty remembering the names of people, even ones you have met several times |
3 | ✓ | Forget what you came into the room for |
4 | Have trouble getting things organized | |
5 | Have trouble concentrating on what people are saying during a conversation | |
6 | Forget if you had already done something | |
7 | ✓ | Miss appointments and meetings you had scheduled |
8 | Have difficulty planning what to do in the day | |
9 | ✓ | Have trouble concentrating on things like watching a television program or reading a book |
10 | Forget what you did the night before | |
11 | ✓ | Forget the date unless you looked it up |
12 | Have trouble getting started, even if you had a lot of things to do | |
13 | Find your mind drifting | |
14 | Forget what you talked about after a telephone conversation | |
15 | ✓ | Forget to do things like turn off the stove or turn on your alarm clock |
16 | Feel like your mind went totally blank | |
17 | ✓ | Have trouble holding phone numbers in your head, even for a few seconds |
18 | Forget what you did last week-end | |
19 | ✓ | Forget to take your medication |
20 | ✓ | Have trouble making decisions |