Performance of normal chinese adults and right CVA patients on the random chinese word cancellation test

Abstract The Random Chinese Word Cancellation Test, adapted from Weintraub and Mesulam's random array test, was administered to 120 normal adults and 65 individuals with right cerebral vascular accident, ages 40 to 75 years. The number of words missed, the location of the words, and the time to complete the task were recorded. There were no differences among the three younger age groups, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, and 60 to 69, but the 70 – to 75-year-olds showed significantly more omissions and performed significantly slower than did the younger groups. Patients with right cerebral vascular accidents made significantly more omissions than did normals. Differences were noted for both the right and left halves of the test page, with between-group differences significantly greater on the left than on the right side. Results are discussed in terms of test validity and utility.

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