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Differentiating between aphasic and nonaphasic stroke patients using semantic verbal fluency measures with administration time of 30 seconds.

Authors
 Kim H.  ;  Kim J.  ;  Kim D.Y.  ;  Heo J. 
Citation
 EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY, Vol.65(2) : 113-117, 2011 
Journal Title
EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY
ISSN
 0014-3022 
Issue Date
2011
MeSH
Aphasia/diagnosis* ; Aphasia/etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neuropsychological Tests* ; Semantics* ; Stroke/complications* ; Time Factors
Keywords
Administration time ; Aphasia ; Semantic verbal fluency
Abstract
Administration time of 1 min for semantic verbal fluency measures can be overly long and therefore bothersome for aphasic patients because they can often retrieve only a few items after a certain period of time. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an administration time of 30 s would be more efficient in differentiating among aphasics, nonaphasic stroke patients, and normal controls. The subjects were 53 stroke patients and 28 normal controls. They had to generate as many animal names as they could within a given time. The number of animal names is gradually diminished in three groups (p < 0.001) in each time frame, that is, during the entire 60 s, the initial 30 s, and the following 30 s. The reaction time (RT) measure indicated that the RT of the aphasic patients was significantly increased compared to those of the other two groups (p < 0.001). The most optimal cutoff scores that differentiated each group are presented. These results suggest that an administration time of 30 s has discriminative validity to differentiate between the two patient groups. This shorter administration time could make the test more efficient by reducing the burden on both examiners and aphasic patients.
Full Text
http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/324036
DOI
10.1159/000324036
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Neurology (신경과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine (재활의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Deog Young(김덕용) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7622-6311
Kim, Hyang Hee(김향희) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-2512
Heo, Ji Hoe(허지회) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9898-3321
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/92579
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