Authors: Flavia Mattioli Chiara Stampatori Fabio Bellomi Cristina Scarpazza Paola Galli Chiara Guarneri Barbara Corso Cristina Montomoli Claudia Niccolai Benedetta Goretti Maria Pia Amato Elisa Riboni Chiara Dalla Tomasina Monica Falautano Ruggero Capra
Publish Date: 2014/07/06
Volume: 35, Issue: 12, Pages: 1895-1902
Abstract
One of the major problems in clinical neuropsychology is to apply ecological easily administrable and sensitive tests that can help in the diagnosis of executive functions In the present paper we present normative values for the DKEFS sorting test ST exploring the ability of reasoning categorization abilities problem solving flexibility of thinking and abstraction We collected normative data in a group of 181 normal Italian subjects aged between 20 and 69 years old matched for educational level Multiple regression analysis was performed to evaluate the potential effects of age sex and education Age and education had a significant effect on ST performance Our study provided normative data for the DKEFS ST for the adult Italian population corrections of raw scores for relevant demographic factors and percentile grids for both baseline data and on retesting after 9 months of followup These normative Italian values support the use of the DKEFS ST as a valid instrument for initial neuropsychological evaluation and longitudinal analysis of executive functions in clinical practice and for research purposesThe authors thank Ray Hill an independent medical writer who provided assistance with English language and copy editing and journal styling prior to submission on behalf of Springer Healthcare Communications This assistance was funded by Novartis Farma Italy
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