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Olabarrieta-Landa L, Rivera D, Lara L, Rute-Pérez S, Rodríguez-Lorenzana A, Galarza-Del-Angel J, Peñalver Guia AI, Ferrer-Cascales R, Velázquez-Cardoso J, Campos Varillas AI, Ramos-Usuga D, Chino-Vilca B, Aguilar Uriarte MA, Martín-Lobo P, García de la Cadena C, Postigo-Alonso B, Romero-García I, Rabago Barajas BV, Irías Escher MJ, Arango-Lasprilla JC. Verbal fluency tests: Normative data for Spanish-speaking pediatric population. NeuroRehabilitation 2018; 41:673-686. [PMID: 28946591 DOI: 10.3233/nre-172240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To generate normative data for the phonological and semantic verbal fluency tests (VFT) in Spanish-speaking pediatric populations. METHOD The sample consisted of 4,373 healthy children from nine countries in Latin America (Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Puerto Rico) and Spain. Each participant was administered the VFT as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. Scores for letters F, A, S, and animals and fruit categories were normed using multiple linear regressions and standard deviations of residual values. Age, age2, sex, and mean level of parental education (MLPE) were included as predictors in the analyses. RESULTS The final multiple linear regression models showed main effects for age on all scores, such that scores increased linearly as a function of age. Age2 had a significant effect in Chile (animals), Cuba (A letter, fruits), Ecuador (animals, fruits), Honduras (F letter), Mexico (animals, fruits), Peru (fruits), and Spain (S letters, animals, fruits). Models showed an effect for MLPE in Chile (A letters, animals, fruits), Ecuador (S letter, animals, fruits), Guatelama (F, S letter, animals), Honduras (animals), Mexico (F, A, S letters, animals, fruits), Puerto Rico (A, letters, animals), and Spain (all scores). Sex scores were found significant in Chile (animals), Ecuador (A letter, fruits), Mexico (F letter, fruits), Paraguay (F, A, S letters, fruits), Puerto Rico (F letter, animals, fruits), and Spain (F letter, fruits). CONCLUSIONS This is the largest multi-national Spanish speaking-pediatric normative study in the world, and as such it will allow neuropsychologists from these countries to have a more accurate way to interpret the phonological and semantic VFT in pediatric populations.
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Affiliation(s)
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- BioCruces Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- CIMCYC-The Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Psicofisiología, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, México
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- Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, MVS, Ciudad de México, México
| | | | - D Ramos-Usuga
- Research Center CERNEP, Almeria University, Almería, Spain
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- Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Spain
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- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain
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- Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de San Germán, Puerto Rico
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- Departamento de Neurociencias, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCS), Guadalajara, México
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- Escuela de Ciencias Psicológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- BioCruces Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Rivera D, Salinas C, Ramos-Usuga D, Delgado-Mejía ID, Vasallo Key Y, Hernández Agurcia GP, Valencia Vásquez J, García-Guerrero CE, García de la Cadena C, Rabago Barajas BV, Romero-García I, Campos Varillas AI, Sánchez-SanSegundo M, Galvao-Carmona A, Lara L, Granja Gilbert EJ, Martín-Lobo P, Velázquez-Cardoso J, Caracuel A, Arango-Lasprilla JC. Concentration Endurance Test (d2): Normative data for Spanish-speaking pediatric population. NeuroRehabilitation 2018; 41:661-671. [PMID: 29036848 DOI: 10.3233/nre-172248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To generate normative data for the Concentration Endurance Test (d2) in Spanish-speaking pediatric populations. METHOD The sample consisted of 4,373 healthy children from nine countries in Latin America (Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Puerto Rico) and Spain. Each participant was administered the d2 test as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. The Total number of items processed (TN), Total number of correct responses (CR), Total performance (TP), and Concentration performance (CP) scores were normed using multiple linear regressions and standard deviations of residual values. Age, age2, sex, and mean level of parental education (MLPE) were included as predictors in the analyses. RESULTS The final multiple linear regression models showed main effects for age on all scores, such that scores increased linearly as a function of age. TN scores were affected by age2 for Guatemala and Puerto Rico; CR scores were affected by age2 for Mexico; TP scores were affected by age2 for Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain; and CP scores for Mexico and Spain. Models indicated that children whose parents had a MLPE >12 years obtained higher scores compared to children whose parents had a MLPE≤12 years for Mexico and Spain in all scores, and Puerto Rico for TN, CR, and TP, and Guatemala and Paraguay for CP scores. Sex affect the scores for Ecuador and Honduras (CP scores). CONCLUSIONS This is the largest Spanish-speaking pediatric normative study in the world, and it will allow neuropsychologists from these countries to have a more accurate approach to interpret the d2 test in pediatric populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- D Rivera
- BioCruces Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Space Coast Neuropsychology center, Melbourne, USA
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- Research Center CERNEP, Almeria University, Almería, Spain
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- National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery INN, Havana, Cuba
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- Escuela de Ciencias Psicológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- Departamento de Neurociencias, Universidad de Guadalajara (CUCS), Guadalajara, México
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- Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Recinto de San Germán, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain
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- Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, MVS, Ciudad de México, México
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- CIMCYC-The Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- BioCruces Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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