title: [Scoring and validation of the Clock Face Test in psychometric assessment of elderly subjects].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose an original evaluation and validation of the Clock Face Test (CFT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatients; 163 elderly people, aged over 65 years. Factory analysis, Student's test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The test shows a positive correlation with Folstein's MMSE (r = 0.769) and Signoret's BEC 96 (r = 0.644), a good specificity (75% with MMSE; 79% with BEC 96) and a good sensitivity (87% with MMSE; 74% with BEC 96). Four factors are identified by factory analysis; 74% of the variancy is explained by the first three factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CFT is a valid tool, easy to conduct. Several applications are possible for diagnosis, psychometric control and therapeutic trials.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire inter-universitaire de Gérontologie (LI2G), Centre hospitalier universitaire, Grenoble.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bouati
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pélissier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couturier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jasso-Mosqueda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hugonot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franco
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results