Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Clin Neuropsychol. 2011 Feb;25(2):210-23. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2010.542489. Epub 2011 Jan 17.
Assessing functional independence is an important part of making diagnostic decisions and treatment recommendations but is often complicated by the limitations of self-report and behavioral measures. Alternatively, it may be worthwhile to investigate neurocognitive correlates of incipient functional declines including using tests of executive functioning (EF) and motor programming (MP). The current study examined an electronic MP task and pitted it against other assessment instruments to evaluate its relative utility in assessing both EF and functional independence. Participants were 72 community-dwelling older adults. Results of this study showed that the MP task was correlated with other measures of EF, an efficient and reliable predictor of functionality, useful for identifying at-risk patients, and comparable to a longer battery in terms of sensitivity and specificity.
评估功能独立性是做出诊断决策和治疗建议的重要组成部分，但通常受到自我报告和行为测量的限制。或者，研究神经认知与功能减退的相关性可能是值得的，包括使用执行功能 (EF) 和运动编程 (MP) 的测试。本研究检查了一个电子 MP 任务，并将其与其他评估工具进行比较，以评估其在评估 EF 和功能独立性方面的相对效用。参与者为 72 名居住在社区的老年人。这项研究的结果表明，MP 任务与其他 EF 测量方法相关，是功能的有效且可靠的预测指标，可用于识别高危患者，并且在敏感性和特异性方面与更长的电池相当。
