Attention in individuals with aphasia: Performance on the Conners' Continuous Performance Test - 2nd edition.

ABSTRACT: Studies suggest that individuals with aphasia present with impairments in attention. However, most research has been conducted with small sample sizes using experimental protocols that lack established psychometric properties. We examined the attention performance of 114 individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia using a standardised, norm-referenced assessment of attention, the Conners' Continuous Performance Test-II (CPT-II; Conners, C. K. (2000). Conners' Continuous Performance Test II. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems Inc). Participants completed the CPT-II and the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R; Kertesz, A. (2007). Western Aphasia Battery-Revised. San Antonio, TX: PsychCorp). As a group, variable performance on selected CPT-II measures was observed. Participants d

SUBMITTER: Lee JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6803070 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature