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Standardization of an Arabic-Language Neuropsychological Battery for Epilepsy Surgical Evaluations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2019

Haya F. Al-Joudi ,
Lina Mincari ,
Salah Baz ,
Michael Nester ,
Najla Al-Marzouki ,
Tariq Abalkhail ,
Noha Aljehani ,
Camellia Al-Ibrahim  and
Jason Brandt
Haya F. Al-Joudi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lina Mincari
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salah Baz
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Michael Nester
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Najla Al-Marzouki
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Tariq Abalkhail
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Noha Aljehani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Camellia Al-Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
Jason Brandt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Haya Al-Joudi, Department of Neurosciences, KFSHRC, MBC 76, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objectives: This study provides a standardized Arabic language neuropsychological test battery and tests its ability to distinguish patients with left and right hemisphere epileptic foci who are candidates for surgical resection. Methods: An Arabic language battery of 15 tests was developed based on the neuropsychological test battery used at the Johns Hopkins Hospital for surgical evaluation of patients undergoing temporal lobe resection. With modifications where culturally required, 11 tests were translated to Arabic by the principal investigator and back-translated by two bilingual health professionals; four tests were available in Arabic and added to the battery. The battery was administered to 21 Arabic-speaking patients with left temporal epileptic foci, 21 with right temporal epileptic foci, and 46 neurologically and psychiatrically healthy adults. Results: Nearly all the Arabic test versions were capable of differentiating healthy controls and the temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) groups. Tests known to distinguish left and right temporal lobectomy candidates, such as wordlist memory and prose recall, were able to do so as accurately as the English versions. Also, a roughly “culturally free” task (the Baltimore Board) and a newly developed version of the Boston Naming Test demonstrated some sensitivity to left temporal lobe involvement. Conclusions: Arabic-language neuropsychological tests for epilepsy surgical evaluations are made available, demonstrate cultural sensitivity and clinical validity, and require further psychometric property and normative research. (JINS, 2019, 25, 761–771)

Keywords

Cross cultural neuropsychologyneuropsychology of epilepsystandardizationarabic cognitive testsarabic cognitive assessmentarabic neurocognitive testingsaudi neuropsychological tests
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Regular Research
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , August 2019 , pp. 761 - 771
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Copyright © INS. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019. 

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Present address: Noha Aljehani, Department of Neurology, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia

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