The Validity and Reliability of Chinese Frontal Assessment Battery in Evaluating Executive Dysfunction Among Chinese Patients With Small Subcortical Infarct

Objectives:
Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a valid and reliable screening test for evaluating executive dysfunction among whites with frontal and subcortical degenerative lesions. We studied the properties of a Chinese version of FAB (CFAB) in evaluating executive dysfunction among Chinese stroke patients with small subcortical infarct.
Methods:
Concurrent validity was evaluated using Wisconsin Card Sorting Tst (WCST) and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale–Initiation/Perseveration Subset (MDRS I/P) among 41 controls and 30 stroke patients with small subcortical infarct. Discriminant validities of CFAB and its subitems were compared with those of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Internal consistency, test-retest, and interrater reliability of CFAB were evaluated.
Results:
The CFAB had low to good correlation with various executive measures: MDRS I/P (r = 0.63, p <…

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