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Table 4 Overview of neuropsychological tests

From: A feasibility study exploring the role of pre-operative assessment when examining the mechanism of ‘chemo-brain’ in breast cancer patients

Test

Ability measured

Outcome measure

National Adult Reading Testa (Nelson and Wilson 1991; Crawford et al. 1989)

Premorbid intelligence

Total correct responses

Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Testb (Schmidt 1996)

Verbal learning, recall, and retention

Supraspan (trial 1), total correct trials 1-5, delayed recall (trial 7)

Grooved Pegboard (Lezak 2012; Lafayette 1998)

Manual fine motor speed

Completion time, total number pegs placed with dominant and nondominant hand

Letter–number sequencing (Wechsler 1997)

Working memory capacity

Total correct responses

Double letter cancellation task (Lezak 2012)

Processing speed, attention

Completion time, total number of correct responses

Stroop Colour and Word Test (Golden 1978)

Cognitive flexibility, executive function

Total correct for word-reading, colour naming, and colour-word reading task (45 s for each tasks)

Controlled Oral Word Association Testc (Benton et al. 1994; Shao et al. 2014)

Language, executive function

Total number of correct words produced within the given letter triad (1 min for each letter)

  1. aBaseline (T1) only
  2. bAlternate versions were used at each time point
  3. cTwo parallel sets of letters were used (C–F–L at T1 and T3, P–R–W at T2)