Title
Symbol Digit Modalities Test: 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)
Arango-Lasprilla J.C.
Rivera D.
Rodríguez G.
Garza M.T.
Galarza-Del-Angel J.
Rodríguez W.
Velázquez-Cardoso J.
Aguayo A.
Schebela S.
Weil C.
Longoni M.
Aliaga A.
Ocampo-Barba N.
Saracho C.P.
Panyavin I.
Martínez C.
García De La Cadena C.
Perrin P.B.
Publisher(s)
IOS Press
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To generate normative data on the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) 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 Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and, Puerto Rico. Each subject was administered the SDMT 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 2956% of the variance in SDMT scores. Although there were gender differences on the SDMT in Mexico, Honduras, Paraguay, and Guatemala, none of the four countries had an effect size greater than 0.3. 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 SDMT; this study will have an impact on the future practice of neuropsychology throughout the global region.
Start page
625
End page
638
Volume
37
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84954225876
PubMed ID
Source
NeuroRehabilitation
ISSN of the container
10538135
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus