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A Study to Determine the Norms for the Trail Making Test For the Age Range of 20-49 in Turkey

İz Sürme Testi'nin 20-49 Yaş Aralığında Türkiye İçin Norm Belirleme Çalışması

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According to the results of the analyses, it was found that main effect of education was significant, while the main effects of age and sex variables were not (p<.05).

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Objective & Hypothesis:Age Range of 20-49 in Turkey Objective: The main goal of the study is to determine the normative values of Trail Making Test (TMT) for people between 20-49 years of age; to examine the effect of age, education and sex variables over TMT scores and identify the reliability coefficient of the test.
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Key Findings & Data:Method: The sample of the study consisted of 133 women and 130 men, 261 voluntary and healthy participants in total.
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Conclusion & Impact:According to the results of the analyses, it was found that main effect of education was significant, while the main effects of age and sex variables were not (p<.05).
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Abstract

Age Range of 20-49 in Turkey Objective: The main goal of the study is to determine the normative values of Trail Making Test (TMT) for people between 20-49 years of age; to examine the effect of age, education and sex variables over TMT scores and identify the reliability coefficient of the test. Method: The sample of the study consisted of 133 women and 130 men, 261 voluntary and healthy participants in total. The data of the research was collected according to 3x2x2 factorial experimental design; and the participants were distributed to experimental conditions well balanced in terms of the levels of age, education and sex. TMT A and B form, and Beck Depression Scale (BDS) were applied for the assessment. Results: Seven scores were calculated determining for Turkish normative values; 3x2x2 factorial multivariate variance analysis was applied in order to identify the effect of levels of age, education and sex over TMT scores. According to the results of the analyses, it was found that main effect of education was significant, while the main effects of age and sex variables were not (p<.05). The test-retest reliability coefficients of the TMT changed between .71 and .87. Conclusion: This study indicated that especially the TMT B and subtest scores were affected by the education in the range of 20-49 years of age. Additionally, normative values depending on the means of TMT scores for 20-49 age group were obtained in the study; it was shown that TMT was a reliable assessment tool.

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Amaç: Çalışmanın temel amacı, İz Sürme Testi’nin (İST) 20-49 yaş Türkiye örneklemi için norm değerlerini belirlemek; yaş, eğitim düzeyi ve cinsiyetin İST puanları üzerindeki etkisini incelemek ve güvenilirlik katsayısını tespit etmektir. Yöntem: Çalışma örneklemi 133 kadın ve 130 erkek, toplam 261 gö- nüllü ve sağlıklı katılımcıdan oluşmuştur. Araştırma verileri 3x2x2 fak- törlü araştırma desenine göre elde edilmiş olup, katılımcılar yaş, eğitim ve cinsiyet düzeylerine göre dengeli bir dağılım göstermiştir. Ölçme ara- cı olarak İST’nin iki alt formu ve Beck Depresyon Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: İST’nin Türkiye norm değerleri belirlenirken yedi puan he- saplanmış; yaş, eğitim ve cinsiyet düzeylerinin İST puanlarındaki etki- sini belirlemek amacıyla 3x2x2 faktörlü çok değişkenli varyans analizi uygulanmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarına göre yaş ve cinsiyet değişkenlerinin temel etkisi anlamlı bulunmamıştır. Diğer taraftan eğitim düzeyi temel etkisi anlamlı bulunmuştur (p<0,05). İST’nin test-tekrar test güvenilir- lik katsayısı 0,71 ve 0,87 aralığında değişmiştir. Sonuç: Çalışma, 20-49 yaş aralığında özellikle İST B süre ve türetilmiş alt test puanlarının eğitim düzeyinden etkilendiğini göstermiştir. Ayrıca mevcut çalışma kapsamında, İST’nin 20-49 yaş grubu için ortalamalara dayalı norm değerleri elde edilmiş; İST’nin güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu gösterilmiştir.

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TÜRKEŞ, N., CAN, H., KURT, M., DİKEÇ, B. E. (2015). A Study to Determine the Norms for the Trail Making Test For the Age Range of 20-49 in Turkey. Türk Psikiyatri Dergisi, Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 3, 189–196. https://ajindex.com/articles/88397

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