Attention in Older Adults: A Normative Study of the Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test for XXXX Aged 70 Years.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity6 @entity3480 @entity583
OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to present normative data from 70-year-olds on the Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test ( @entity3480 ), a computerized measure of attention and response control. METHOD: 640 @entity1 (330 @entity1 and 310 @entity1 ), all aged 70  years, completed the @entity3480 , as well as the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Geriatric Depression Scale. RESULTS: Data were stratified by education and gender. Education differences were found in 11 of 22 @entity3480 scales. Minor gender differences were found in six scales for the high-education group, and two scales for the low-education group. Comparisons of healthy @entity1 and @entity1 with @entity64 , @entity583 , or @entity6 showed only minor differences. Correlations among @entity3480 scales were strong (all r   >   .34, p   <   .001), and those with the widely used Mini-Mental State Examination were weaker (all r   <   .21, p   <   .05). Skewed distributions of normative data from primary @entity3480 scales measuring response inhibition (Prudence) and inattention (Vigilance) represent a weakness of this test. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides @entity3480 norms for 70-year-olds stratified by education and gender, increasing the usability of this instrument when testing @entity1 near this age. The data presented here show some major differences from original @entity3480 norms, and explanations for these differences are discussed. Explanations include the broad age-range used in the original @entity3480 norms (66-99  years of age) and the passage of 15  years since the original norms were collected.
