AHEAD 1993 (Wave 1) Documentation


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PROXY SECTION PC. COGNITION BY PROXY (Asked only of Proxy Respondents) V323 [RESP] PC1. MEMORY: RATE NOW PC1. Part of this study is concerned with people's memory, and ability to think about things. First, how would you rate [NAME'S] memory at the present time? Would you say it is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 84 EXCELLENT.......................... 1 122 VERY GOOD.......................... 2 216 GOOD............................... 3 197 FAIR............................... 4 215 POOR............................... 5 1 DK................................. .D 5 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V324 [RESP] PC2. MEMORY: CHANGE PAST 2 YEARS PC2. Have you noticed any change in (her/his) memory over the past two years? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 460 YES................................ 1 370 NO................................. 5 GO TO PC3 0 DK................................. .D GO TO PC3 10 RF................................. .R GO TO PC3 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V325 [RESP] PC2a. MEMORY: HOW CHANGE PAST 2 YEARS PC2a. Is (his/her) memory better or worse than two years ago? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 BETTER............................. 1 437 WORSE.............................. 2 GO TO PC2c 2 DK................................. .D GO TO PC3 1 RF................................. .R GO TO PC3 7762 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN MEMORY (DK/RF) [V324 NE 1] V326 [RESP] PC2b. MEMORY: HOW MUCH BETTER PC2b. Is it somewhat better, or much better? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 MUCH BETTER........................ 1 GO TO PC3 12 SOMEWHAT BETTER.................... 2 GO TO PC3 0 DK................................. .D GO TO PC3 0 RF................................. .R GO TO PC3 8202 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN MEMORY, WORSE MEMORY (DK/RF) [V324 NE 1, V325 NE 1] V327 [RESP] PC2c. MEMORY: HOW MUCH WORSE PC2c. Is it somewhat worse, or much worse? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 280 SOMEWHAT WORSE..................... 4 157 MUCH WORSE......................... 5 0 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 7785 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN MEMORY, BETTER MEMORY (DK/RF) [V324 NE 1, V325 NE 2] V328 [RESP] PC3. RATE JUDGEMENT NOW PC3. How would you rate [NAME] in making judgements and decisions? Would you say (he/she) is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 EXCELLENT.......................... 1 168 VERY GOOD.......................... 2 204 GOOD............................... 3 166 FAIR............................... 4 222 POOR............................... 5 3 DK................................. .D 10 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V329 [RESP] PC4. JUDGMENT CHANGE PAST 2 YEARS PC4. Have you noticed any change in (her/his) judgement and decision making over the past two years? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 321 YES................................ 1 507 NO................................. 5 GO TO PC5 2 DK................................. .D GO TO PC5 10 RF................................. .R GO TO PC5 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V330 [RESP] PC4a. JUDGEMENT: HOW CHANGE PAST 2 YEARS PC4a. Is (his/her) judgement better or worse than two years ago? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 BETTER............................ 1 312 WORSE............................. 2 GO TO PC4c 5 DK................................ .D GO TO PC5 0 RF................................ .R GO TO PC5 7901 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN JUDGEMENT (DK/RF) [V329 NE 1] V331 [RESP] PC4b. JUDGEMENT: HOW MUCH BETTER PC4b. Is it somewhat better, or much better? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 MUCH BETTER........................ 1 GO TO PC5 2 SOMEWHAT BETTER.................... 2 GO TO PC5 0 DK................................. .D GO TO PC5 0 RF................................. .R GO TO PC5 8218 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN JUDGEMENT, WORSE JUDGEMENT (DK/RF) [V329 NE 1, V330 NE 1] V332 [RESP] PC4c. JUDGEMENT: HOW MUCH WORSE PC4c. Is it somewhat worse, or much worse? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 173 SOMEWHAT WORSE..................... 4 138 MUCH WORSE......................... 5 1 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 7910 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN JUDGEMENT, BETTER JUDGEMENT (DK/RF) [V329 NE 1, V330 NE 2] V333 [RESP] PC5. ORGANIZE: RATE NOW PC5. How would you rate [NAME'S] ability to organize (his/her) daily activities? (Would you say (he/she) is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor?) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 97 EXCELLENT.......................... 1 159 VERY GOOD.......................... 2 200 GOOD............................... 3 144 FAIR............................... 4 229 POOR............................... 5 1 DK................................. .D 10 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V334 [RESP] PC6. ORGANIZE: CHANGE PAST 2 YEARS PC6. Have you noticed any change in (her/his) ability to organize over the past two years? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 329 YES............................... 1 500 NO................................ 5 GO TO PC7a 1 DK................................ .D GO TO PC7a 10 RF................................ .R GO TO PC7a 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V335 [RESP] PC6a. ORGANIZE: HOW CHANGE PAST 2 YEARS PC6a. Is (his/her) ability better or worse than two years ago? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 BETTER............................ 1 314 WORSE............................. 2 GO TO PC6c 2 DK................................ .D GO TO PC7a 1 RF................................ .R GO TO PC7a 7893 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION [V334 NE 1] V336 [RESP] PC6b. ORGANIZE: HOW MUCH BETTER PC6b. Is it somewhat better, or much better? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 MUCH BETTER....................... 1 GO TO PC7a 6 SOMEWHAT BETTER................... 2 GO TO PC7a 0 DK................................ .D GO TO PC7a 0 RF................................ .R GO TO PC7a 8210 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION, [V334 NE 1], WORSE ORGANIZATION (DK/RF) [V335 NE 1] V337 [RESP] PC6c. ORGANIZE: HOW MUCH WORSE PC6c. Is it somewhat worse, or much worse? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 154 SOMEWHAT WORSE..................... 4 160 MUCH WORSE......................... 5 0 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 7908 INAP, NOT PROXY, NO CHANGE IN ORGANIZATION,[V334 NE 1],BETTER ORGANIZATION (DK/RF),[V335 NE 2] V342 [RESP] PC7a. DOES R GET LOST PC7a. Does [NAME] ever get lost in a familiar environment? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 157 YES................................ 1 666 NO................................. 5 7 DK................................. .D 10 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V343 [RESP] PC7b. DOES R WANDER PC7b. Does (he/she) ever wander off and not return by (himself/herself)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 YES................................ 1 796 NO................................. 5 0 DK................................. .D 10 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V344 [RESP] PC7c. CAN R BE LEFT ALONE PC7c. Can (he/she) be left alone for an hour or so? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 677 YES................................ 1 153 NO................................. 5 0 DK................................. .D 10 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V345 [RESP] PC7d. DOES R HALLUCINATE PC7d. Does [NAME] ever see or hear things that are not really there? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 123 YES................................ 1 703 NO................................. 5 4 DK................................. .D 10 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY - PC8. During the past week, how often has [NAME] shown any of the following behaviors? V346 [RESP] PC8a. R ANGRY W/OUT REASON PAST WEEK PC8a. (During the past week) how often has (he/she) become angry or hostile without reason? Was it most of the time, some of the time, or never? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 MOST OF TIME....................... 1 204 SOME OF TIME....................... 2 587 NEVER.............................. 3 2 DK................................. .D 11 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V347 [RESP] PC8b. R SLEEP DIFF PAST WEEK PC8b. (During the past week) How often has (he/she) had difficulties falling asleep or waking frequently during the night? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 163 MOST OF TIME....................... 1 284 SOME OF TIME....................... 2 376 NEVER.............................. 3 6 DK................................. .D 11 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V348 [RESP] PC8c. R DANGEROUS PAST WEEK PC8c. (During the past week) How often has (he/she) done things that are dangerous to (himself/herself) or others? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 MOST OF TIME....................... 1 89 SOME OF TIME....................... 2 726 NEVER.............................. 3 3 DK................................. .D 11 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V349 [RESP] PC8d. R PACED/ROCKED PAST WEEK PC8d. (During the past week) How often has (he/she) paced around or made unexplained rocking movements while sitting? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 MOST OF TIME....................... 1 63 SOME OF TIME....................... 2 745 NEVER.............................. 3 2 DK................................. .D 11 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V350 [RESP] PC8e. R MENTION PLOTTING PAST WEEK PC8e. (During the past week) How often has (he/she) mentioned that people are plotting against or trying to harm (him/her)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 MOST OF TIME....................... 1 64 SOME OF TIME....................... 2 749 NEVER.............................. 3 1 DK................................. .D 11 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY V351 [RESP] PC8f. R EXCESS ALCOHOL PAST WEEK PC8f. (During the past week) How often has (he/she) drunk too much alcohol? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 MOST OF TIME....................... 1 16 SOME OF TIME....................... 2 811 NEVER.............................. 3 1 DK................................. .D 12 RF................................. .R 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY

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