# Exam Component Requirements
1. Data Manager 1. Enter, verify (if necessary), transmit (to the CC) and track an entire week’s worth of forms for MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
2. Dietary Questionnaire
1. Administer questionnaire (i.e. present form and read instructions) to 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed in person and evaluated by study coordinator (or FC interviewer supervisor) according to the supervisor checklist bimonthly for the first month, then quarterly.
3. Audiotape all sessions. Study coordinator (or FC
interviewer supervisor) reviews 1 randomly selected taped session weekly for the 1st month, then monthly, and completes supervisor checklist.
4. Send checklists to CC monthly.
5. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle and as needed based on quality reviews by the DAC.
3. Other Interviewer- Administered Questionnaires (medical history, and medications)
1. Read the interviewing protocol in the MOP.
2. Administer questionnaires to 5 MESA participants every 2 months.
3. Be observed in person and evaluated by the FC interviewer supervisor according to the supervisor checklist bimonthly for the first month, then quarterly.
4. Audiotape all sessions. Study coordinator (or FC interviewer supervisor) reviews 1 randomly selected taped session weekly for the 1st month, then monthly, and completes supervisor checklist.
5. Send checklists to CC monthly.
6. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
4. Self-Administered Questionnaires (personal history, physical activity, health and life, neighborhood, forms)
1. Administer questionnaire (i.e. present form and read instructions) to 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed in person and evaluated by study coordinator (or FC interviewer supervisor) according to the supervisor checklist bimonthly for the first month, then quarterly.
3. Audiotape all sessions. Study coordinator (or FC
interviewer supervisor) reviews 1 randomly selected taped session weekly for the 1st month, then monthly, and completes supervisor checklist.
4. Send checklists to CC monthly.
5. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
5. Anthropometry 1. Perform all anthropometric measurements on 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the anthropometry FC supervisor according to supervisor checklist bimonthly for 1st month, then quarterly.
3. Send checklists to CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
6. Seated Blood Pressure
1. Perform the blood pressure procedure on 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the blood pressure FC supervisor according to supervisor checklist bimonthly for the 1st month, then quarterly.
3. Send checklists to CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
7. Supine Ankle Brachial Index (ABI)
1. Perform the ABI procedure on 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the ABI FC supervisor according to supervisor checklist bimonthly for the 1st month, then quarterly.
3. Send checklists to CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
8. ECG 1. Perform ECG procedures of acceptable quality on 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the ECG FC supervisor according to the supervisor checklist bimonthly for the 1st month, then quarterly.
3. Send checklists to CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle and as needed based on routine CERC data quality reviews.
9. Phlebotomy 1. Perform the phlebotomy procedure on 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the phlebotomy FC
supervisor according to the supervisor checklist bimonthly for the 1st month, then quarterly.
3. Send checklists to LCBR and CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
10. Blood Processing 1. Perform the processing procedure on 4 MESA participants every month.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the blood processing FC supervisor according to the supervisor checklist weekly for the 1st month, then monthly.
3. Send checklists to LCBR and CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle.
11. CT 1. Perform CT procedures of acceptable quality on 6 MESA participants every 2 months.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the physician/ investigator responsible for CT acquisitions at the FC according to the supervisor checklist bimonthly for the 1st month, then
quarterly.
3. Send checklists to CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle and as needed if data quality is not acceptable based on CT RC review.
12. Ultrasound 1. Perform the all 3 ultrasound procedures and the arterial pulsewave procedure on 4 MESA participants every month, maintaining acceptable data quality at determined by URC.
2. Be observed and evaluated by another certified FC sonographer according to the supervisor checklist at the request of the URC.
3. Send checklists to CC.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle and as needed if data quality is not acceptable based on URC review.
13. MRI 1. Perform MRI procedures of acceptable quality on 4 MESA participants every month.
2. Be observed and evaluated by the FC MRI co-investigator according to the supervisor checklist weekly for the 1st month, then monthly.
3. Send checklists to CC monthly.
4. Repeat original certification process prior to each new examination cycle and as needed if data quality is not acceptable based on MRC review.