Points allocated if positive | |
Diastolic blood pressure | |
≤79 mm Hg | –1 |
80–84 mm Hg | 0 |
85–89 mm Hg | +1 |
90–94 mm Hg | +2 |
95–99 mm Hg | +3 |
100–104 mm Hg | +4 |
105–109 mm Hg | +5 |
≥110 mm Hg | +6 |
Psychotropic medication use | |
No psychotropic medication use | 0 |
Yes psychotropic medication use | +5 |
Antihypertensive drug use | |
No antihypertensive drug use | 0 |
Yes antihypertensive drug use | +7 |
Dependence for ≥1 instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) | |
Independent for IADL | 0 |
Yes dependence for ≥1 IADL | +8 |
Forgetfulness | |
No forgetfulness | 0 |
Yes forgetfulness | +3 |
Difficulties with simple calculations/arithmetic | |
No difficulties with simple calculations/arithmetic | 0 |
Yes difficulties with simple calculations/arithmetic | +5 |
Psychotropic medication use is inclusive of antidepressants, mood stabilisers, anxiolytics and neuroleptics. Antihypertensive drugs only included taking antihypertensive drugs explicitly for hypertension. IADL were measured by the Lawton-Brody scale. Participants were asked whether they experienced forgetfulness (responses dichotomised as yes or no) and had difficulties performing simple arithmetic calculations (responses dichotomised as yes or no).