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Short NART, CCRT and Spot‐the‐Word: Comparisons in older and demented persons
Author(s) -
Beardsall Lynn,
Huppert Felicia
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01266.x
Subject(s) - psychology , dementia , test (biology) , reading (process) , developmental psychology , population , word (group theory) , audiology , clinical psychology , medicine , linguistics , disease , paleontology , philosophy , environmental health , biology
This study compares the efficacy of three measures of premorbid intelligence: the National Adult Reading Test (NART), the Cambridge Contextual Reading Test (CCRT), and the Spot‐the‐Word Test. The results in a population sample of elderly and demented participants show that test efficacy varies between groups. In a demented group and a normal group of average readers, the CCRT leads to a higher estimate of premorbid word reading ability than the NART. Spot‐the‐Word results in good performance by normal groups and participants with minimal dementia, but performance is grossly impaired in subjects with mild/moderate dementia. We conclude that each test may be appropriate for specific groups.