A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations
BACKGROUND: Although the 'copy of cube test', a version of which is included in the Short Test of Mental Status (STMS), has existed for years, little has been done to standardize it in detail. The aim of the current study was to develop a novel and detailed standardized method of administr...
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author | Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N Siamouli, Melina Magiria, Stamatia Panagiotidis, Panagiotis T Kantartzis, Sotiris Terzoglou, Vassiliki A Oral, Timucin |
author_facet | Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N Siamouli, Melina Magiria, Stamatia Panagiotidis, Panagiotis T Kantartzis, Sotiris Terzoglou, Vassiliki A Oral, Timucin |
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description | BACKGROUND: Although the 'copy of cube test', a version of which is included in the Short Test of Mental Status (STMS), has existed for years, little has been done to standardize it in detail. The aim of the current study was to develop a novel and detailed standardized method of administration and scoring this test. METHODS: The study sample included 93 healthy control subjects (53 women and 40 men) aged 35.87 ± 12.62 and 127 patients suffering from schizophrenia (54 women and 73 men) aged 34.07 ± 9.83 years. The psychometric assessment included the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS) the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), and the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). RESULTS: A scoring method was developed based on the frequencies of responses of healthy controls. Cronbach's α was equal to 0.75 and inter-rater reliability was 0.90. Three indices and five subscales of the Standardized Copy of the Cube Test (SCCT) were eventually developed. They included the Deficit Index (DcI), which includes the Missing Elements (ME) Mirror Image (M) subscales, the Deformation Index (DfI) which includes the Deformation (D) and the Rotation (R) subscales and the Closing-In Index (CiI). DISCUSSION: The SCCT seems to be a reliable, valid and sensitive to change instrument for the testing of psychiatric patients. The great advantage of this instrument is the fact that it only requires paper and a pencil, and is this easily administered and brief. Further research is necessary to test its usefulness as a neuropsychological test. |
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spelling | pubmed-31541842011-08-11 A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N Siamouli, Melina Magiria, Stamatia Panagiotidis, Panagiotis T Kantartzis, Sotiris Terzoglou, Vassiliki A Oral, Timucin Ann Gen Psychiatry Primary Research BACKGROUND: Although the 'copy of cube test', a version of which is included in the Short Test of Mental Status (STMS), has existed for years, little has been done to standardize it in detail. The aim of the current study was to develop a novel and detailed standardized method of administration and scoring this test. METHODS: The study sample included 93 healthy control subjects (53 women and 40 men) aged 35.87 ± 12.62 and 127 patients suffering from schizophrenia (54 women and 73 men) aged 34.07 ± 9.83 years. The psychometric assessment included the Positive and Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS) the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), and the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). RESULTS: A scoring method was developed based on the frequencies of responses of healthy controls. Cronbach's α was equal to 0.75 and inter-rater reliability was 0.90. Three indices and five subscales of the Standardized Copy of the Cube Test (SCCT) were eventually developed. They included the Deficit Index (DcI), which includes the Missing Elements (ME) Mirror Image (M) subscales, the Deformation Index (DfI) which includes the Deformation (D) and the Rotation (R) subscales and the Closing-In Index (CiI). DISCUSSION: The SCCT seems to be a reliable, valid and sensitive to change instrument for the testing of psychiatric patients. The great advantage of this instrument is the fact that it only requires paper and a pencil, and is this easily administered and brief. Further research is necessary to test its usefulness as a neuropsychological test. BioMed Central 2011-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3154184/ /pubmed/21745404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-10-19 Text en Copyright ©2011 Fountoulakis et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Primary Research Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N Siamouli, Melina Magiria, Stamatia Panagiotidis, Panagiotis T Kantartzis, Sotiris Terzoglou, Vassiliki A Oral, Timucin A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
title | A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
title_full | A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
title_fullStr | A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
title_full_unstemmed | A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
title_short | A standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
title_sort | standardized scoring method for the copy of cube test, developed to be suitable for use in psychiatric populations |
topic | Primary Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21745404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-10-19 |
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