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https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2020.61.82
The effect of age and gender on cognitive and psychomotor abilities measured by computerized series tests: a cross-sectional study
Ivana Pavlinac Dodig
; Department of Neuroscience and Split Sleep Medicine Center, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Dona Krišto
; Dental Medicine, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Linda Lušić Kalcina
; Department of Neuroscience and Split Sleep Medicine Center, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Renata Pecotić
; Department of Neuroscience and Split Sleep Medicine Center, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Maja Valić
; Department of Neuroscience and Split Sleep Medicine Center, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Zoran Đogaš
orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-3887
; Department of Neuroscience and Split Sleep Medicine Center, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To assess age- and gender-associated differences
in cognitive and psychomotor abilities measured by the
Complex Reactionmeter Drenovac (CRD-series) tests.
Methods This cross-sectional study, conducted between
2009 and 2019, enrolled 3420 participants (2012 women)
in the age ranging from 18 to 88 years. The participants
solved three CRD-series chronometric tests: discrimination
of the light signal position (CRD311), complex psychomo-
tor coordination (CRD411), and simple arithmetic opera-
tions (CRD11). We analyzed total test solving time (TTST),
minimum single task solving time (MinT), number of errors,
initial dissociation, and start, end, and total ballasts as mea-
sures of wasted time in the first half of the test, second half
of the test, and total test time, respectively.
Results Age was positively associated with MinT and TTST
in all used tests (P < 0.001), while initial dissociation, start
ballast, and end ballast significantly increased with age
(P < 0.001). On the CRD11 test, men had shorter TTST than
women (P = 0.012), shorter start, end, and total ballasts
(P < 0.001), and made fewer errors than women (P < 0.001).
On the CRD311 test, women had shorter start (P = 0.002),
end, and total ballast (P < 0.001) than men. On the CRD411
test, men performed better than women on all variables
(P < 0.001).
Conclusion Decreased cognitive and psychomotor abili-
ties measured by the CRD-series tests were associated
with advanced age. Men performed better than women
on simple arithmetic and complex psychomotor coordina-
tion tests, whereas women lost less time on the test of light
signal position discrimination.
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253117
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Datum izdavanja:
14.6.2020.
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