SYNCOMOT will assess appropriate cognitive abilities (using the French adaptation [29] of the Harmonization Standards Neuropsychological Battery [48]) and behavioral dysexecutive disorders (using the previously validated Behavioral Dysexecutive Syndrome Inventory (BDSI)) [49] | |
- Detecting global cognitive impairments: | |
• Mini-Mental State Examination [57] | |
- Detection of the main cognitive disorders: | |
• Phasic: center using scale except Battery for the Evaluation of Lexical Disorders [58] | |
• Praxis: Florence Mayeux’s symbolic praxis test [59] | |
• Memory: short-term memory with an immediate verbal serial number recall (Baddeley task) and long-term verbal and visual memory | |
• Spatial neglect: Albert’s test | |
- Description of executive functions: | |
• Flexibility of attention: Trail-Making Test parts A and B [48] | |
• Dual task performance: Baddeley task [60] | |
• Inhibition: Stroop tasks [48] | |
• Verbal fluency: literal fluency (“P” at M0, “V” at M1, “R” at M2 and “B” at M6) | |
• Processing speed index (PSI): third edition of the Wechsler adult intelligence scale (WAIS-III) | |
• Dysexecutive behavior syndrome (BDSI) [49] | |
- Detection of mood disorders: | |
• Depression assessment on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) [90] | |
• Anxiety assessment on the Goldberg scale [91] |