Relationship of age and education to neuropsychological performance in patients with symptomatic carotid artery disease.
Reported the relationship between age, education, and performance on a battery of psychological and neuropsychological tests. Ss were 55 patients with symptomatic carotid artery disease (both TIA and completed stroke). Contrary to previous studies, there was no relationship between age and test performance, but there was a relationship between education and test performance. When the Ss were grouped according to level of education, the grade school group performed more poorly than both the high school and university groups on a variety of measures. These results were discussed in regard to their relation to previous studies and in the implications of these findings for clinical practice.
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics