Neurobehavioral Test Performance in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Brightwell WS ; Chrislip DW ; Crespo CJ ; Ehrenberg, Richard L. ; Krieg EF Jr. ; Letz RE ; Otto DA
• Description:
  The third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) contained three computerized neurobehavioral tests from the Neurobehavioral Evaluation System (NES): simple reaction time, symbol-digit substitution and serial digit learning. The neurobehavioral data that were collected came from a nationally representative sample of adults 20-59 years old. Performance on the tests was related to sex, age, education level, family income and race-ethnicity. Performance decreased as age increased, and increased as education level and family income increased. Differences in performance between sexes, levels of education and racial-ethnic groups tended to decrease as family income increased. The relationship between age and performance on the symbol-digit substitution test varied by education level and by racial-ethnic group. The relationship between age and performance on the serial digit learning test varied by racial-ethnic group. Questionnaire variables that were related to performance on one or more of the tests included the reported amount of last night's sleep, energy level, computer or video game familiarity, alcoholic beverages within the last 3 h and effort. Persons who took the tests in English or Spanish performed differently on the symbol-digit substitution and serial digit learning tests. Performance on all the tests decreased as test room temperature increased. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Aging Behavior Demography Education Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Sex Characteristics Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Age-factors Age-groups Author Keywords: NES Behavioral-testing Demographic Demographic-characteristics NHANES III Questionnaire Questionnaires Racial-factors Reaction-rates Sampling Sampling-methods Serial Digit Learning Sex-factors Simple Reaction Time Symbol Digit Substitution

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• ISSN:
  0892-0362
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021778
• Citation:
  Neurotoxicol Teratol 2001 Nov-Dec; 23(6):569-589
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-22, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  erk3@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Neurotoxicology and Teratology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198885/cdc_198885_DS1.pdf
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