It is somewhat problematic that different operationalizations of criterion E have been used in the empirical studies of NSSID.
Haywood et al [ 20] did not explicitly describe the operationalization of their criteria.
This level of stability is encouraging but is likely to be affected by the limited operationalization of diagnostic criteria for children.
The project team, in addition, provided an operationalization of the criteria list items to standardize the interpretation of the list and to make it user-friendly.
We conclude, that, even in times of more sophisticated operationalization of diagnostic criteria, the interdisciplinary assessment has to be based on an individual evaluation of all neurological and psychosocial findings.
Limitations in this study include the application of the ICC definition as further research and consistency is required on the operationalization of the criteria that is not currently found in the primer.
It was largely performed on three- or four-point Likert scales [for the operationalization of the criterions for the tasks' difficulty see Appendix (Table 6)].
There are additional policy measures that might work, such as improving clinicians' awareness and understanding of prioritization, operationalization of the prioritization criteria and the development of instruments that may aid raters in assessing the same criteria.
The objective of this study is to determine which operationalization of the MCI criteria is most accurate at predicting dementia.
