title: Performances on Symbol Digit Modalities Test, Color Trails Test, and modified Stroop test in a healthy, elderly Danish sample.
abstract: This study presents Danish data for the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Color Trails Test (CTT), and a modified Stroop test from 100 subjects aged 60-87 years. Among the included demographic variables, age had the highest impact on test performances. Thus, the study presents separate data for different age groups. For SDMT and CTT1, Danish Adult Reading Test (DART) score also had a significant impact on test performances. The incongruent version of the modified Stroop test was significantly correlated to education. Moderate and significant correlations were found between the three tests. Even though the three tests are commonly used, few normative data for elderly exists. SDMT and CTT performances from this study were in the same range as previously published international norms, but the validity of the result from the modified Stroop test could not be investigated.
authors.affiliation: Memory Disorders Research Group, Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark. asmus.vogel@rh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Asmus
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: Jette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stokholm
authors.forename: Kasper
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology*