Brayne C, Beardsall L
Department of Community Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, UK.
Br J Clin Psychol. 1990 May;29(2):217-23. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1990.tb00872.x.
The National Adult Reading Test (NART) has become widely used by psychologists in clinical practice as part of the assessment of cognitive decline in organic mental disorders. Some normative data have been presented on community samples from a wide range of ages, but little is known of the instrument's performance in true community samples of the elderly. This study presents data on NART from an epidemiological study of dementia and cognitive impairment in elderly women. The contribution of educational level and social class to performance on the scale was examined. NART was found to be strongly related to current level of cognitive function as measured by the Mini Mental State Examination and CAMCOG-the neuropsychological battery of the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders in the Elderly. For most subjects in the community the NART was found acceptable as a measure of premorbid intelligence.
国家成人阅读测验（NART）已被心理学家在临床实践中广泛使用，作为评估器质性精神障碍认知衰退的一部分。已经给出了一些来自不同年龄段社区样本的常模数据，但对于该工具在老年真实社区样本中的表现知之甚少。本研究展示了一项关于老年女性痴呆和认知障碍的流行病学研究中NART的数据。研究考察了教育水平和社会阶层对该量表表现的影响。结果发现，NART与通过简易精神状态检查表和CAMCOG（剑桥老年精神障碍检查的神经心理成套测验）所测量的当前认知功能水平密切相关。对于社区中的大多数受试者，NART被认为是一种可接受的病前智力测量方法。
