Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population

OBJECTIVE: To validate the Leganés cognitive test (LCT) for cognitive screening in low educated elderly Brazilians. METHODS: The study sample was composed of 59 elderly residents from the city of Santa Cruz, in Brazil, with low schooling levels. Reliability was analyzed with a two-day interval betwe...

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Main Authors: Vescia Vieira de Alencar Caldas, Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, Aline do Nascimento Falcão Freire, Ricardo Oliveira Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2012-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000100006&lng=en&tlng=en