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NEUROPSI: A brief neuropsychological test battery in Spanish with norms by age and educational level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

FEGGY OSTROSKY-SOLÍS
Affiliation:
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico D.F., Mexico
ALFREDO ARDILA
Affiliation:
Miami Institute of Psychology, Miami, Florida
MÓNICA ROSSELLI
Affiliation:
Florida Atlantic University, Davie, Florida

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop, standardize, and test the reliability of a short neuropsychological test battery in the Spanish language. This neuropsychological battery was named “NEUROPSI,” and was developed to assess briefly a wide spectrum of cognitive functions, including orientation, attention, memory, language, visuoperceptual abilities, and executive functions. The NEUROPSI includes items that are relevant for Spanish-speaking communities. It can be applied to illiterates and low educational groups. Administration time is 25 to 30 min. Normative data were collected from 800 monolingual Spanish-speaking individuals, ages 16 to 85 years. Four age groups were used: (1) 16 to 30 years, (2) 31 to 50 years, (3) 51 to 65 years, and (4) 66 to 85 years. Data also are analyzed and presented within 4 different educational levels that were represented in this sample: (1) illiterates (zero years of school); (2) 1 to 4 years of school; (2) 5 to 9 years of school; and (3) 10 or more years of formal education. The effects of age and education, as well as the factor structure of the NEUROPSI are analyzed. The NEUROPSI may fulfill the need for brief, reliable, and objective evaluation of a broad range of cognitive functions in Spanish-speaking populations. (JINS, 1999, 5, 413–433.)

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1999 The International Neuropsychological Society

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