Items: There are no actual items to the Star Cancellation Test. In the Star Cancellation Test, the stimuli are 52 large stars, 13 letters, and ...SkiptocontentStarCancellationTestBacktoTopCloseStarCancellationTestEvidenceReviewedasofbefore:19-08-2008Author(s)*:LisaZeltzer,MScOT;AnitaMenon,MScEditor(s):NicolKorner-Bitensky,PhDOT;ElissaSitcoff,BABScPurposeTheStarCancellationTestisascreeningTestingfordiseaseinpeoplewithoutsymptoms.toolthatwasdevelopedtodetectthepresenceofunilateralspatialneglect(USN)inthenearextrapersonalspaceinpatientswithstrokeAlsocalleda“brainattack”andhappenswhenbraincellsdiebecauseofinadequatebloodflow.20%ofcasesareahemorrhageinthebraincausedbyaruptureorleakagefromabloodvessel.80%ofcasesarealsoknowasa“schemicstroke”,ortheformationofabloodclotinavesselsupplyingbloodtothebrain.More.In-DepthReviewPurposeofthemeasureTheStarCancellationTestisascreeningTestingfordiseaseinpeoplewithoutsymptoms.toolthatwasdevelopedtodetectthepresenceofunilateralspatialneglect(USN)inthenearextrapersonalspaceinpatientswithstrokeAlsocalleda“brainattack”andhappenswhenbraincellsdiebecauseofinadequatebloodflow.20%ofcasesareahemorrhageinthebraincausedbyaruptureorleakagefromabloodvessel.80%ofcasesarealsoknowasa“schemicstroke”,ortheformationofabloodclotinavesselsupplyingbloodtothebrain.More.AvailableversionsTheStarCancellationTestwasdevelopedbyWilson,Cockburn,andHalliganin1987.FeaturesofthemeasureItems:TherearenoactualitemstotheStarCancellationTest.IntheStarCancellationTest,thestimuliare52largestars,13letters,and10shortwordsinterspersedwith56smallerstars(seefigurebelow).Thepatientmustcrossoutwithapencilallthesmallstarsonan8.5″x11″pieceofpaper.Twosmallstarsinthecentreareusedfordemonstration.Thepageisplacedatthepatient’smidline.Scoring:Themaximumscorethatcanbeachievedonthetestis54points(56smallstarsintotalminusthe2usedfordemonstration).Acutoffof<44indicatesthepresenceofUSN.ALateralityIndexorStarRatiocanbecalculatedfromtheratioofstarscancelledontheleftofthepagetothetotalnumberofstars