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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| author | Vescia Vieira de Alencar Caldas Maria Victoria Zunzunegui Aline do Nascimento Falcão Freire Ricardo Oliveira Guerra |
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| description | 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 between assessments, and concurrent validity was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). RESULTS: According to the LCT, the prevalence of dementia was 11.8%. The scale items showed a moderate to strong correlation between domains (p<0.01), and inter-rater reliability exhibited ICC=0.81, 95%CI=0.72-0.88. The factor analysis resulted in two factors: memory and orientation. Interscale agreement was considered poor (k=-0.02), supporting the hypothesis of an educational impact on final MMSE scores. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that LCT has acceptable levels of reliability for use in low-educated Brazilian elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e33902cb173e4727a409dd6ac86509702022-12-22T01:15:10ZengAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272012-01-01701222710.1590/S0004-282X2012000100006S0004-282X2012000100006Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian populationVescia Vieira de Alencar Caldas0Maria Victoria Zunzunegui1Aline do Nascimento Falcão Freire2Ricardo Oliveira Guerra3Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteUniversité de MontréalUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteOBJECTIVE: 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 between assessments, and concurrent validity was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). RESULTS: According to the LCT, the prevalence of dementia was 11.8%. The scale items showed a moderate to strong correlation between domains (p<0.01), and inter-rater reliability exhibited ICC=0.81, 95%CI=0.72-0.88. The factor analysis resulted in two factors: memory and orientation. Interscale agreement was considered poor (k=-0.02), supporting the hypothesis of an educational impact on final MMSE scores. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that LCT has acceptable levels of reliability for use in low-educated Brazilian elderly.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000100006&lng=en&tlng=encogniçãodemênciaidosoescolaridade |
| spellingShingle | Vescia Vieira de Alencar Caldas Maria Victoria Zunzunegui Aline do Nascimento Falcão Freire Ricardo Oliveira Guerra Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria cognição demência idoso escolaridade |
| title | Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population |
| title_full | Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population |
| title_fullStr | Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population |
| title_short | Translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Leganés cognitive test in a low educated elderly Brazilian population |
| title_sort | translation cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the leganes cognitive test in a low educated elderly brazilian population |
| topic | cognição demência idoso escolaridade |
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