The relationship between age and performance on the Trail Making test in a Chilean population
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jorge Gontier (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
- Advisor
- Antonio Puente
Abstract: According to literature, the Trail Making Test A-B is one of the most frequently
used tests in the US. The TMT test has been adapted in different countries including
France, Italy, Israel, Spain and Brazil. The relationship between TMT and age has also
been studied in Chinese, Arabian, and Korean speakers. In South America as well as
Chile, the Bender Gestalt continues to be the most frequently used “neuropsychological”
test instrument. In order to ameliorate this situation, studies need to be completed that
provide evidence of sensibility, adaptability, and normative information about commonly
used tests, such as the Trail Making Test in Latino countries. The Trail Making Test, with
instructions in Spanish (and available from the authors in written or video form), was
administered by three independently licensed health professionals as part of their routine
clinical activities. Subjects were 165 Chilean adults with ages ranging from 21 to 82
years and at least 12 years of education. Results corroborated the previous findings from
other countries in which age was positively related to time in completing Trails A and B.
Variability of performance in parts A and B 7of TMT was significantly accounted by age
in 36% and 27% respectively. As a consequence, TMT appears to be a sensitive test to
normal cognitive decline in Chilean Spanish speakers.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science
- Language: English
- Date: 2009
- Keywords
- Cognition--Age factors, Cognition--Testing, Examinations--Reliability, Examinations--Validity, Neuropsychological tests, Neuropsychology--Chile--Testing
- Subjects
- Neuropsychology -- Chile -- Testing
- Examinations -- Validity
- Examinations -- Reliability
- Neuropsychological tests
- Cognition -- Testing
- Cognition -- Age factors