Lindeboom J, Koene T, Matto D
Afdeling Medische Psychologie, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr. 1993 Jun;24(3):105-9.
Designated as Mental Control, the recitation of word lists and arithmetic progressions is often used for a cursory examination of attention and concentration in elderly patients. We studied the psychometric properties of the EMCT (Expanded Mental Control Test), which consists of 12 mental control tasks. The test was given to 174 residents of rest homes and semi-independent housing projects (aged 68 to 94) and 74 neurologic patients (aged 65 to 87) who had been referred for neuropsychological assessment. The reliability of the EMCT was satisfactory. Performance was related to education level but not to sex or age. In healthy subjects the EMCT score was associated with the backward digit span score. The correlations between the EMCT and subtests of the Amsterdam Dementia Screening (Ads6) in patients appeared to depend on the complexity of the target behavior. Performance on the EMCT may reflect the functioning of the Supervisory Attentional System postulated by Shallice.
被指定为心理控制的单词列表背诵和算术级数背诵，常用于对老年患者的注意力和专注力进行粗略检查。我们研究了扩展心理控制测试（EMCT）的心理测量特性，该测试由12项心理控制任务组成。该测试施用于174名养老院和半独立住房项目的居民（年龄在68至94岁之间）以及74名因神经心理学评估而转诊的神经科患者（年龄在65至87岁之间）。EMCT的可靠性令人满意。表现与教育水平相关，但与性别或年龄无关。在健康受试者中，EMCT得分与倒背数字广度得分相关。患者中EMCT与阿姆斯特丹痴呆筛查（Ads6）子测试之间的相关性似乎取决于目标行为的复杂性。EMCT的表现可能反映了Shallice提出的监督注意系统的功能。
