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  • Title: The sensitivity of the Bender-Gestalt Test as a screening instrument for neuropsychological impairment in older adults.
    Author: Margolis RB, Williger NR, Greenlief CL, Dunn EJ, Gfeller JD.
    Journal: J Psychol; 1989 Mar; 123(2):179-86. PubMed ID: 2724176.
    Abstract:
    We investigated the sensitivity of the Bender (1938) Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (BGT) using the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery (HRB) as the criterion for cortical dysfunction. We studied 95 subjects over age 55 who had been diagnosed as having dementia or pseudodementia. Subjects were classified as mild, moderately, or severely impaired on the HRB and as impaired or unimpaired on the BGT. The results indicated that the BGT is less sensitive (36%) than was expected when used on an impaired geriatric population. The data further indicated that false negatives occurred more frequently with the BGT when individuals had mild neuropsychological impairment. Less frequent misclassifications occurred as the severity of impairment on HRB indices increased.
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