Short NART, CCRT and Spot-the-Word: comparisons in older and demented persons.
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.
Beardsall
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University of Birmingham, School of Psychology, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Huppert
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D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results