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Neuropsychology Metrics Flashcards

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What are the advantages of using a test such as the MMSE to screen cognitive abilities?

Disadvantages?

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  • Advantages
    • brief, objective, quantitative
    • some info patient’s general abilities
  • Disadvantages
    • false-positive results from older people or with < 9 yr education
    • low “ceilling” so those who perform well are not necessarily cognitively intact
    • research suggests not a thorough cognitive assessment
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What was the intended use of hte MMS?

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  • differentiate “organic” from functional psychatric patient
  • to screen for cognitive impairment/dementia
  • monitor for change over time
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What is the range of scoring for the MMSE?

What is normal for relative education level?

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  • Range
    • 24-30: no cognitive impairment
    • 18-23: mild cognitive impairment
    • 0-17: severe cognitie impairment
  • Education
    • <8th grade: <21 is abnormal
    • <12th grade: <24 is abnormal
    • college: <25 is abnormal
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What are the ranges of scores for the MoCA?

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  • 30 max
  • 18-26: mild cognitive impairment
  • 10-17: moderate cognitie impairment
  • <10 severe cognitive impairment

+1 point for education <12 yrs

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What cognitive tasts are assessed in MoCA but not in MMSE? (5)

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  • executive function
  • phonemic fluency task
  • two-item fluency task
  • two-item verbal abstraction test
  • attention
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What cognitive tasts are assessed in both MoCA and MMSE? (6)

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  • visuospatial
  • language
  • concentration
  • working memory
  • memory recall
  • orientation
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What assessment component is seen in SLUMS and not in MMSE or MoCA?

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short story

(may add additionaly memory assessment)

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What are the ranges of scores for the SLUMS?

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  • >12 yr education
    • 27-30: normal
    • 21-16: mild cognitive impairment
    • 1-20: dementia
  • <12 years school
    • 25-30: normal
    • 20-24: mild cognitive impairment
    • 1-19: dementia
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What content is assessed both by MoCA and SLUMS?

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  • orientation/time
  • registration/recall
  • praxis / visuospatial
  • attention
  • executive function
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What content is assessed by MoCA but not by SLUMS?

What content is assessed by SLUMS but not MoCA?

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  • MoCA:
    • aphasia, verbal fluency
  • SLUMS
    • remote memory
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Comparative validity of MoCA & SLUMS?

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similary validity

(equivalent sensitivity, specificity, PPV & NPV)

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What is the term for:

if a person has a disease, how often will the test be positive (true positive)?

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Sensitivity

if a test is highly sensitive & the test is negative, you can be nearly certain that they don’t have the disease

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What is the term for:

if a person does not have the disease how often will the test be negative (true negative rate)?

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specificity

if the test result for a highly specific test is positive, you can be nearly certain that they actually have the disease

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List the order of highest sensitivity to lowest sensitivity for SLUMS, MoCA & MMSE?

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  • Sensitivity:
    • 92% - SLUMS (100% dementia)
    • 90% - MoCA (100% dementia)
    • 18% - MMSE (78% dementia)
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Which cognitive screening tools have 100% sensitivity for dementia?

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MoCA & SLUMS

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List the order of highest specificity to lowest sepecificity for SLUMS, MoCA & MMSE?

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  • Specificity
    • 100% - MMSE
    • 87% - MoCA
    • 81% - SLUMS
17
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Which cognitive screening tools have 100% specificity?

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MMSE

18
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What are the indications to performa neuropsychological assessment?

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  • changes in memory
  • poor attention and concentration
  • changes in language functioning
  • changes in visuospatial abilities
  • impaired executive function
  • changes in emotional functioning
  • fluctuations in mental status
19
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Frequently, cognitive impairment accompanies what issue?

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brain dysfunction

it is a disagnostically significant feature of many neuropsychiatric disorders

20
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Why is a “summation score” for a cognitive test not as reliable?

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the undelying variability is what mght be indicative of brain dysfunction, and this variablility is lost when only a single score is assessed

21
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What is the first step in establishing a deficit measurement?

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estimate the patient’s premorbid performance level for various fuctions being assessed

22
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What needs to be considered when establishing test norms?

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demographic variables

(age, education, gender)

23
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What is a major limitaiton of norm comparisons?

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real change can only be defined by comparing present with prior functioning

24
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What is the difference between indirect & direct deficit measurements?

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  • Direct
    • the behavior in quesiton can be compared against normative standards
  • Indirect
    • compare present performance with an estimate of the patient’s original ability level (historical & observational data)
25
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Describe the process of deficit measurement

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  • present performance is compared to expected level (comparison standard)
  • discrepancies are evaluated for statistical significance
    • this indicates a probability of a cognitive deficit
    • if this occurs for more than one test - a pattern of deficit may emerge
    • this is compared to patters known to be associated with specific neurologicla or psychological conditions
      • implications for etiological and/or remedial intervention
26
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Test selectio nis influenced by what test psychometrics?

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validity

reliability

sensitivity

specificity

27
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What are the examination questions?

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differential diagnosis

descriptive questions

(I have no idea what he is talking about here)

28
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What term refers to where the test is measureing what is is intending to measure (brain-behavior functions in question)?

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validity

29
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What term refers to the consistency with which the test generates the same score under similar retest conditions?

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reliability

30
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What are are the “spetial populations” to consider when giving neurophychological tests?

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  • sensory & motor deficits
  • mental or physical disabilties
  • severly brain damaged patients
  • elderly persons
  • language & cultural differences (translators & interpreters)
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What are variables that need to be addressed when working with people who have brain disorders?

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  • attentional deficit & slow processing
  • fatigue
  • medication
  • pain
  • performance inconsistency “good days” & “bad days”
  • motivation
  • anxiety, stress, & depression
  • litigation
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What are the common interpretation errors?

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  • overgeneralization of findings
  • false negatives (if the function is not examined, its status will remain unknown)
  • confirmatory bias
  • underutilization or misutilization of base rates
  • effort effects
33
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What is a “z-score”?

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mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1

34
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What is a “t-score”?

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mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10

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