ARMADA: Assessing reliable measurement in Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive aging project methods

Sandra Weintraub, Tatiana Karpouzian-Rogers, John Devin Peipert, Cindy Nowinski, Jerry Slotkin, Katy Wortman, Emily Ho, Emily Rogalski, Cynthia Carlsson, Bruno Giordani, Felicia Goldstein, John Lucas, Jennifer J. Manly, Dorene Rentz, David Salmon, Beth Snitz, Hiroko H. Dodge, Michaela Riley, Fatima Eldes, Vitali UstsinovichRichard Gershon

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Abstract

Introduction: Early detection of cognitive decline in older adults is a public health priority. Advancing Reliable Measurement in Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Aging (ARMADA), a multisite study, is validating cognition, emotion, motor, and sensory modules of the National Institutes of Health Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIHTB) in the aging spectrum from cognitively normal to dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). Methods: Participants 65 to 85 years old, in demographic groups racially proportional to the general US population, are recruited in one of three groups to validate the NIHTB: cognitively normal, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), or mild DAT. Additional special emphasis cohorts include (1) Blacks in the three clinical groups; (2) Spanish-speakers in the three clinical groups; (3) cognitively normal, population-proportional, over age 85. Discussion: Longitudinal study will determine whether NIHTB can predict cognitive decline and is associated with Alzheimer's disease biomarkers. Here, we detail the methods for the ARMADA study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1449-1460
Number of pages12
JournalAlzheimer's and Dementia
Volume18
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • NIH Toolbox
  • cognition
  • dementia
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • neuropsychology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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