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Bücker J, Amoretti S, Vieta E, Czepielewsk L, Scheibe D, Montezano BB, Goularte J, Rosa A. Validity and Reliability of the Brazilian Version of the Cognitive Reserve Assessment Scale in Health (CRASH). Braz J Psychiatry 2023. [PMID: 37400362 DOI: 110.47626/1516-4446-2023-3198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE As the elderly population increases, it is important to identify factors that may reduce risks of dementia in the general population. One such factor is the concept of cognitive reserve (CR). The present study analyzed the psychometric properties of the Cognitive Reserve Assessment Scale in Health (CRASH) in the Brazilian population, which was originally developed to measure CR in individuals with severe mental illness. We also investigated the relationship between the CRASH and clinical or sociodemographic variables. METHODS This study was conducted with 398 individuals. We assessed sociodemographic variables and depression, anxiety and stress symptoms (DASS-21), using a web-based survey. We constructed a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model in order to test the goodness of fit of the factor structure proposed in the original CRASH study. RESULTS The McDonald's hierarchical ω for CRASH using CFA parameters was 0.61 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient indicated good internal consistency when considering all items (∝ = 0.7). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that CRASH can be used to assess CR in the general population in Brazil.
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Affiliation(s)
- Joana Bücker
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brazil
| | - Silvia Amoretti
- Group of Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR); Psychiatric Genetics Unit, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Hospital Clinic, Departament de Medicina, Institut de Neurociències (UBNeuro), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques, August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institute of Neurosciences, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Biomedical Research Networking Center for Mental Health Network (CIBERSAM), ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Eduard Vieta
- Bipolar and Depressive disorders Unit, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Institute of Neurosciences (UBNeuro), Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques, August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. CIBERSAM, Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, Spain
| | - Leticia Czepielewsk
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia, Departamento de Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e da Personalidade, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) - Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
| | - Denise Scheibe
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Vale do Taquari - Univates, Lajeado, RS, Brazil
| | - Bruno Braga Montezano
- Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Translacional em Medicina, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
| | - Jeferson Goularte
- Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
| | - Adriane Rosa
- Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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