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15823163

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
The Continuous Performance Test (CPT) is a widely used measure of sustained attention, which is a preferred tool for assessing various mental functions. A well-established norm for CPT is essential when choosing a suitable threshold for classifying individuals as either case (CPT impairment) or non-case. The CPT performance of 900 adults who were randomly chosen from a community survey was measured to establish the norms for subgroups with different gender, age, and educational levels. The results revealed that age and educational level are significantly associated with the performance sensitivity (d') of CPT. Male subjects perform better than female subjects. Seventeen percent of the subjects scored higher on the masked CPT than on the unmasked CPT. Subjects who could not finish the masked CPT had the characteristics of older age and fewer years of education. When classifying a patient as case or non-case, his/her CPT performance should be considered relative to the norms for his/her gender, age, and educational levels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1323-1316
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Norms of performance of sustained attention among a community sample: Continuous Performance Test study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, 138 Sheng Li Road, Tainan 70428, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article