D Rivera1, P B Perrin2, A Aliaga3, M T Garza4, C P Saracho5, W Rodrŕguez6, E Justo-Guillen7, A Aguayo8, S Schebela9, S Gulin2, C Weil10, M Longoni11, N Ocampo-Barba12, J Galarza-Del-Angel13, D Rodrŕguez14, L Esenarro15, P García-Egan16, C Martínez17, J C Arango-Lasprilla1,18. 1. Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain. 2. Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA. 3. Servicio Médico Legal, Ministerio de Justicia, Santiago, Chile. 4. Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico. 5. CETYS University, Mexicali, Mexico. 6. Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico. 7. Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía MVS, Mexico City, Mexico. 8. Instituto Vocacional Enrique Díaz de León, Guadalajara, Mexico. 9. Instituto de Prevención Social, Asunción, Paraguay. 10. Escuela de Psicología, Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado, San Salvador, El Salvador. 11. Clínica de rehabilitación Las Araucarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 12. Fundación Horizontes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 13. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico. 14. Centro investigaciones Medico Quirúrgicas CIMEQ, Havana, Cuba. 15. Instituto de Neuropsicología y Demencias, Lima, Peru. 16. Departamento de Psicología, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala. 17. Departamento de Medicina de Rehabilitación, Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 18. IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To generate normative data on the Brief Test of Attention (BTA) across 11 countries in Latin America, with country-specific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate. METHOD: The sample consisted of 3,977 healthy adults who were recruited from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Honduras, Chile, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia. Each subject was administered the BTA as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. A standardized five-step statistical procedure was used to generate the norms. RESULTS: The final multiple linear regression models explained between 11-41% of the variance in BTA scores. Although men had higher scores on the BTA in Honduras, there were no other significant gender differences, and this one effect size was small. As a result, gender-adjusted norms were not generated. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first normative multicenter study conducted in Latin America to create norms for the BTA; this study will have an impact on the future practice of neuropsychology throughout Latin America.
OBJECTIVE: To generate normative data on the Brief Test of Attention (BTA) across 11 countries in Latin America, with country-specific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate. METHOD: The sample consisted of 3,977 healthy adults who were recruited from Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Honduras, Chile, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia. Each subject was administered the BTA as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. A standardized five-step statistical procedure was used to generate the norms. RESULTS: The final multiple linear regression models explained between 11-41% of the variance in BTA scores. Although men had higher scores on the BTA in Honduras, there were no other significant gender differences, and this one effect size was small. As a result, gender-adjusted norms were not generated. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first normative multicenter study conducted in Latin America to create norms for the BTA; this study will have an impact on the future practice of neuropsychology throughout Latin America.
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Keywords:
Brief Test of Attention; Latin America; Normative data; Reference values; auditory-divided attention
Authors: Silvia Núñez-Fernández; Diego Rivera; Eva María Arroyo-Anlló; Xóchitl Angélica Ortiz Jiménez; Borja Camino-Pontes; Ricardo Salinas Martínez; Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-09-08 Impact factor: 4.614