title: Utility of a Wisconsin Card Sorting Test short form in persons with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
abstract: The utility of administering only the first deck of 64 cards from the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST-64) in persons with Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) was evaluated. There were 35 elderly subjects matched for gender, age, and education in each of four groups: controls, PD without dementia (PDN), PD with dementia (PDD), and AD. Additionally, the control and PDN subjects were matched for level of cognitive functioning as were the PDD and AD groups. Results revealed that demented persons performed significantly worse than nondemented subjects. The WCST-64 was also sensitive to the subtle executive deficits demonstrated by persons with PD without dementia. The findings support the use of the WCST-64 in elderly persons with AD and PD.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Paolo
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Axelrod
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Tröster
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Blackwell
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Koller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales