Normative data for the digit–letter substitution task in school children

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To establish the norms for the substitution task, a measure of psychomotor performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight hundred and forty three school students were selected in the present study aged between 9-16 years (mean age = 12.14; SD = 1.77). Subjects were assessed one at a time...

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Autores principales: Pradhan, Balaram, Nagendra, HR
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20842267
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6131.60047
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Sumario:BACKGROUND/AIMS: To establish the norms for the substitution task, a measure of psychomotor performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight hundred and forty three school students were selected in the present study aged between 9-16 years (mean age = 12.14; SD = 1.77). Subjects were assessed one at a time for Digit-Letter Substitution Task (DLST). RESULTS: Both age and sex influenced performance on the DLST; therefore, correction scores were obtained on the basis of these factors. CONCLUSIONS: The availability of the Indian normative data for the DLST will allow wider application of this test in clinical practice.

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