Comparing Digit Symbol Substitution Test Scores Across Groups

Brief reports figure 1. Digit symbol scores as a function of age. Triangles indicate younger adults, and circles indicate older adults. Dsst digit symbol substitution test. In comparison with healthy controls, patients demonstrated significantly lesser number of correct responses (cn) in pdsstf (t = 8. 0;

P < 0. 001) as well as. In this study, three groups of participants from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds were compared on two brief, nonverbal substitution tasks sensitive to cerebral dysfunction: (1) assessed the relationship between traditional and computerized processing speed measurements; (2) compared effect sizes of impairment for progressive and persistent. To meet the needs of the hispanic/latino population, we aimed to provide normative data for the digit symbol substitution (dss) test. The target population for the study of. In comparing different age groups the investigators found different patterns of relationships with substitution tests. Laux and lane concluded that substitution tests are.