Title
Brief Test of Attention: Normative data for the Latin American Spanish speaking adult population
Date Issued
09 November 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rivera D.
Perrin P.B.
Aliaga A.
Garza M.T.
Saracho C.P.
Rodrguez W.
Justo-Guillen E.
Aguayo A.
Schebela S.
Gulin S.
Weil C.
Longoni M.
Ocampo-Barba N.
Galarza-Del-Angel J.
Rodrguez D.
García-Egan P.
Martínez C.
Arango-Lasprilla J.C.
Publisher(s)
IOS Press
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To generate normative data on the Brief Test of Attention (BTA) across 11 countries in Latin America, with country-specific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate. METHOD: The sample consisted of 3,977 healthy adults who were recruited from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Honduras, Chile, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia. Each subject was administered the BTA as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. A standardized five-step statistical procedure was used to generate the norms. RESULTS: The final multiple linear regression models explained between 1141% of the variance in BTA scores. Although men had higher scores on the BTA in Honduras, there were no other significant gender differences, and this one effect size was small. As a result, gender-adjusted norms were not generated. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first normative multicenter study conducted in Latin America to create norms for the BTA; this study will have an impact on the future practice of neuropsychology throughout Latin America.
Start page
663
End page
676
Volume
37
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84954242854
PubMed ID
Source
NeuroRehabilitation
ISSN of the container
10538135
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus