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Validity of an adapted scoring method for a Modified Six Elements Test in individuals with brain injury.
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Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists [Arch Clin Neuropsychol] 2015 Mar; Vol. 30 (2), pp. 122-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Dec 29. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The Modified Six Elements Test (MSET) assesses several executive functions. We examined whether an adapted scoring method is appropriate for discriminating between brain-injured persons with and without executive deficits. A MSET was administered to 70 participants with acquired brain injury in the chronic phase. The group was divided into individuals with and without executive impairments based on several other executive tests. The discriminative value for both the conventional raw score and the adapted scoring method was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic analyses. Both scoring methods discriminated significantly between persons with impaired and unimpaired executive functions (raw score: area under the curve, AUC = 0.703, p = .004; adapted score: AUC = 0.780, p = .000). Only the adapted scoring method proved sensitive (81%) and specific (67%) within a clinically useful range. Within this range, an acceptable cut-off score could be determined. Altogether, the proposed MSET scoring index is a potentially clinically useful contribution to the measurement of executive functions.<br /> (© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
ROC Curve
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics as Topic
Young Adult
Brain Injuries complications
Cognition Disorders diagnosis
Cognition Disorders etiology
Executive Function physiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-5843
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25547466
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acu093