Table 1.
Mean (sd) Neuroskill stability scores or signature and lm-pattern handwriting samples, and mean (sd) time to complete the grooved pegboard (GP), by subject characteristics.
| Characteristic | Grooved Pegboard | Neuroskill | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | time, seconds | N | Signature score, % | lm-pattern score, % | |
| Age group | |||||
| <60 | 41 | 90.34 (25.5) | 35 | 68.39 (9.0) | 54.26 (7.1) |
| 60–64 | 66 | 94.1 (23.6) | 58 | 67.49 (9.0) | 55.42 (8.5) |
| 65–69 | 88 | 97.10 (22.4) | 76 | 64.0 (8.0) | 52.61 (7.5) |
| 70–74 | 103 | 104.40 (30.6) | 94 | 67.78 (10.3) | 55.90 (12.2) |
| 75–79 | 49 | 113.55 (25.6) | 51a | 62.78 (9.3) | 53.75 (7.3) |
| >80 | 16 | 132.38 (22.3) | 21 | 54.68 (13.9) | 54.95 (13.9) |
| Education | |||||
| High school graduate or less | 113 | 102.29 (28.8) | 108 a | 64.47 (10.0) | 52.94 (9.5) |
| Some college or college graduate | 175 | 98.66 (24.5) | 158 | 66.99 (8.9) | 55.56 (9.7) |
| Graduate school | 71 | 106.27 (29.0) | 66 | 66.72 (10.8) | 54.70 (9.4) |
| Missing | 4 | 132.5 (59.2) | 3 | 56.97 (13.9) | 51.30 (11.0) |
| Financial stability | |||||
| “Can’t make ends meet” | 7 | 106.86 (28.5) | 7 | 75.07 (9.8) | 62.32 (7.0) |
| “Just manage to get by” | 58 | 104.26 (28.1) | 49 | 66.69 (8.9) | 53.19 (7.6) |
| “Have enough to get along, and extra” | 163 | 102.04 (27.9) | 145 a | 64.93 (10.2) | 54.34 (10.7) |
| “Can buy anything I want” | 119 | 99.9 (25.6) | 115 | 66.72 (8.8) | 54.62 (8.8) |
| Missing | 16 | 98.88 (35.8) | 19 | 65.28 (12.2) | 55.70 (10.5) |
| Computer experience | |||||
| Yes | 211 | 95.96 (23.0) | 185 | 67.17 (8.7) | 54.69 (8.4) |
| No | 148 | 109.12 (30.1) | 147 a | 64.81 (10.7) | 54.47 (11.1) |
| Missing | 4 | 125.75 (65.5) | 3 | 56.60 (13.3) | 45.69 (1.8) |
| Income | |||||
| Less than 34,999 | 92 | 107.93 (29.7) | 80 a | 65.11 (10.4) | 53.65 (11.3) |
| $35K– $49,999 | 78 | 104.51 (27.8) | 75 | 64.84 (9.3) | 52.92 (8.4) |
| $50K– $74,999 | 87 | 97.66 (23.4) | 76 | 67.08 (9.7) | 55.93 (9.8) |
| More than $75K | 72 | 98.11 (27.6) | 68 | 68.32 (9.0) | 56.13 (8.8) |
| Missing | 34 | 95.85 (27.7) | 36 | 64.07 (10.2) | 53.70 (8.6) |
a
lm pattern test has one fewer subject