Mini-Mental State Exam

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Abbreviation
MMSE
Description

The MMSE is a brief, easily administered, quantitative measure of cognitive status in adults. It can be used to screen for cognitive impairment (such as Alzheimer's disease), to estimate the severity of cognitive impairment at a given point in time, to follow the course of cognitive changes in an individual over time, and to document an individual's response to treatment. The MMSE has demonstrated validity and reliability in psychiatric, neurologic, geriatric, and other medical populations. It is a fully structured scale that consists of 30 points grouped into 7 categories: orientation to place and to time, registration, attention and concentration, recall language, and visual construction. It is scored in terms of the number of correctly completed items. The test takes about 5-10 minutes to administer. The test has been used as the primary cognitive screening instrument in several large-scale epidemiolgical studies of dementia. It is also widely used in clinical practice and is often reported in research studies as a benchmark of the severity of dementia that can be used to compare patient cohorts across studies. The MMSE is insensitive to mild cognitive impairment, lacks diagnostic specificity, and may not be sensitive to education, literacy, or visual problems. The 3MS (Modified Mini- Mental State Exam) tests for both dementia and cognitive impairment. It is a 27-item questionnaire (19 MMSE plus 8 additional) that tests orientation to time and place, attention, concentration, long- and short-term memory, language, and abstract thinking. It takes 5-15 minutes to complete, is well-validated and is used in a variety of settings (Teng, 1987). Population: Adults

Category
Mental Health
Subcategory
Dementia
General/Multiple Disorders

Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview

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Abbreviation
MINI
Description
The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) is a short, structured, diagnostic interview, developed jointly by psychiatrists and clinicians in the United States and Europe, for DSM-IV and ICD-10 psychiatric disorders. The diagnostic criteria of the MINI are based on DSM-IV. With an administration time of approximately 15 minutes, it was designed to meet the need for a short but accurate structured psychiatric interview for multicenter clinical trials and epidemiology studies, and to be used as a first step in outcome tracking in clinical settings. The MINI appears to be easily incorporated into routine clinical interviews and has good acceptance by patients (Pinninti et al, 2003). The interview consists of 16 modules, each with about 8-10 questions.
Category
Substance Use
Subcategory
Diagnostic

MicroCog

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Abbreviation
MC
Description
The MicroCog™ (Powell et al. 2004) is a computer -administered battery of tests assessing neurocognitive functioning. Five subtests are selected for use in this study in the following domains: memory, sustained focus attention, inductive reasoning, concept formation and cognitive flexibility, and visuoperceptual analysis.
Category
Impulsivity and General Trait & Behavior Scales

Massachusetts General Hospital Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire

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Abbreviation
CPFQ
Description
MGH Cognitive and Physical Functioning Questionnaire (CPFQ; Fava et al, 2006). The CPFQ isa 7-item self-report measure that assesses physical well-being and cognitive and executive dysfunction. Answers range on a 6-point scale from “greater than normal” to “totally absent”, with higher scores indicating poorer functioning. The CPFQ has been shown to have high internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.90 and test-retest reliability (0.83, p

Leader Member Exchange

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Abbreviation
LMX7
Description
The Leader Member Exchange is a seven-item widely used self-administered instrument designed to measure the quality of the working relationship between supervisors and employees. It is very concise and measures three dimensions of leader-member working relationships: respect, trust, and obligation. The questionnaire includes items such as, "Do you know where you stand with your leader?" "How well does your leader understand your job problems and needs?" and " How would you characterize your working relationship with your leader?" Each item is measured on a Likert-type scale of a sum of five-points per item (left to right), indicating the degree to which the employee thinks the item is true. In the field of substance abuse, the LMX-7 has been used to examine relationships between supervisiors and clinicians in community treatment programs.
Category
Interpersonal Relationships/Culture

Jobs Satisfaction Workshop Post-Satisfaction

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Abbreviation
JSWP
Description

This is a six-question questionnaire that collects information on the satisfaction of all JSW sessions. The form is completed by the participant during Follow-up 2 (or Follow-up 3, if missed at Follow-up 2). This form will provide feedback on the utility of the information and activities offered in each session and the helpfulness of the instructor. This form should be completed only by those participants who have been randomized to the Job Seeker Workshop group and have attended at least one workshop.

Category
Demographics (incl employment)