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Effort Testing in Dementia Assessment: A Systematic Review

Author(s) -

Claire V. McGuire,

Stephanie Crawford,

Jonathan J. Evans

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

archives of clinical neuropsychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909

H-Index - 98

eISSN - 1873-5843

pISSN - 0887-6177

DOI - 10.1093/arclin/acy012

Subject(s) - dementia , checklist , psychology , context (archaeology) , neuropsychology , test (biology) , critical appraisal , systematic review , cognition , neuropsychological assessment , cognitive impairment , clinical psychology , applied psychology , medline , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , disease , paleontology , political science , law , biology

Interpretation of neuropsychological test data is only valid when appropriate effort has been exerted. Research, however, suggests that neuropsychologists do not always formally test for effort and that this may especially be the case in the context of dementia assessment. This review systematically examined the literature that has investigated the use of both purpose-built and embedded effort-sensitive indices in dementia, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and healthy control samples. The aim was to determine which tests of effort are most sensitive to suboptimal effort and least sensitive to the type of cognitive impairment seen in dementia.

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