A-152 Behavioral Correletes of a Short Form Test of Executive Functioning
Abstract Objective This poster explores behavioral correlates of a recently developed Short-Form Test of Executive Functioning. Method Subjects were 23 adults referred by neurologists and psychiatrist for neuropsychological testing to a private practice. All subjects signed informed consent documents. Subjects included 12 males and 11 females, 20 subjects were Caucasians and 3 were African-Americans, 22 were right handed. Diagnoses included Stroke-12, Traumatic Brain Injury-6, Alzheimer’s disease-2, Multiple Sclerosis-1, Parkinson’s disease-1 and Epilepsy-1. All subjects were administered neuropsychological testing including the Short-Form Test of Executive Functioning (SF-TEF) and the AD8 was independently completed by a family member or in one case a family friend. The Sf-TEF is composed of 3 card sorting subtests of the Test of Verbal and Conceptual Fluency (TVCF) but rather than administering 116 cards only 58 are administered and full scales scores prorated to save time. The scales are Number Correct, Perseveration Errors and Number of Categories. The AD8 is a widely used questionnaire assessing behavioral functioning (handling medications and finances). The 3 short form subjects were each correlated with the AD8 scores. Results The correlations between the Number Correct, Perseveration Errors and Number of Categories scores and the AD8 scores were − 0.215, −0.225 and − 0.256 which were all non-significant at the P,0.05 level of statistical significance. It might be noted that if the study sample size were significantly increased then statistical significance could have been obtained. Conclusions While the results were not statistically significant, further study with a larger sample size might demonstrate better results.