Screening executive function and global cognition with the Nine-Card Sorting Test: healthy participant studies and ageing implications

Psychogeriatrics : the Official Journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society
Nora Silvana Vigliecca, Sandra Baez

Abstract

The Nine-Card Sorting Test provides valid and reliable scores when screening executive function, intelligence, and academic achievement. It is also useful for detecting cognitive impairment and dementia in the elderly and for assessing disease evolution and treatment effectiveness. It deals with three non-verbal sorting principles, individually and in pairs. The presence of risk in the ability to discover and organize visual logical stimuli is explored. This study aimed to describe performance on the Nine-Card Sorting Test in a non-clinical sample, to analyze the effect of demographic variables, and to propose suitable (i.e. the simplest and most homogeneous) cut-off points for possible deficits. Combinations in pairs (double arrays) were assessed (range: 0-3). Significant effects of age and education were observed, but no interactions among the demographic variables were seen. Differences between the second and third levels of education and between men and women were not significant. The simplest cut-off points were as follows: (i) the median for people younger than 45 years old was 2, independent of educational level; (ii) the median for people older than 74 years old was 1, independent of educational level; and (iii) the med...Continue Reading

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Jan 17, 2020·The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences·Ted MaldonadoJessica A Bernard
Nov 21, 2019·Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition·Agustín R MirandaElio A Soria
Dec 18, 2019·Dementia & Neuropsychologia·Nora Silvana Vigliecca, Javier Alfredo Voos

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