Oral Trail Making Task as a Discriminative Tool for Different Levels of Cognitive Impairment and Normal Aging

The Trail Making Test (TMT) is a useful measure of executive dysfunction in elderly subjects. This study aims to investigate the discriminative validity of the oral version of the TMT (OTMT), which can be administered to subjects with visual or motor disabilities, in elderly patients with Mild Cogni...

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Published in:Archives of clinical neuropsychology 2013-08, Vol.28 (5), p.411-417
Main Authors: BASTUG, G, OZEL-KIZIL, E. T, SAKARYA, A, ALTINTAS, O, KIRICI, S, ALTUNOZ, U
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
Geriatrics
Humans
Medical sciences
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Techniques and methods
Trail Making Test
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Summary:The Trail Making Test (TMT) is a useful measure of executive dysfunction in elderly subjects. This study aims to investigate the discriminative validity of the oral version of the TMT (OTMT), which can be administered to subjects with visual or motor disabilities, in elderly patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI; n = 30), Alzheimer's disease (AD; n = 30), and healthy controls (HCs; n = 25). The WAIS-R Digit Span Backwards Subscale, written form of the Trail Making Task, the Clock Drawing Test, the AD Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale, and the OTMT were also administered to all participants in order to examine the concurrent validity of the OTMT. The OTMT part B discriminated between patients with MCI, AD, and HC correctly. The OTMT completion time was not correlated with age, but was negatively correlated with education. In conclusion, the OTMT (mostly part B) is a valid and practical measurement tool for different levels of cognitive impairment, especially for patients with visual or motor disabilities for whom the classical written form is not feasible.
ISSN:0887-6177
1873-5843
DOI:10.1093/arclin/act035