title: An Exploratory Study Investigating How Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Perform on the Visual Association Test (VAT).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neuropsychological tests of memory are believed to offer the greatest sensitivity at identifying people at the risk of developing dementia. There is a paucity of standardized and appropriate neuropsychological assessments of memory for adults with an intellectual disability. This study examines how adults with an intellectual disability perform on the Visual Association Test (VAT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty participants (18-45 years) with intellectual disability, without a diagnosis of dementia, completed the VAT and subtests of the CAMCOG-DS. Correlational analysis of the test variables was carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All participants performed well on the VAT irrespective of age, gender or IQ. No significant correlations were found between the VAT and the subtests of the CAMCOG-DS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The VAT was found to be an easy and quick test to use with people with intellectual disability and all participants scored above 'floor' level.
authors: Department of Psychology (Learning Disabilities), NHS Highland, Inverness, UK.
authors: Ann
authors: A
authors: McPaul
authors: Department of Psychology (Learning Disabilities), NHS Highland, Inverness, UK.
authors: Brigid
authors: B
authors: Walker
authors: Department of Psychology (Older People), NHS Highland, Inverness, UK.
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Law
authors: Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, Inverness, UK.
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: McKenzie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: dementia; intellectual disabilities; memory; neuropsychological test; visual association test