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The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult population
Early detection of decline in neurobehavioral (NB) performance requires reliable methods of testing. Although NB tests have been shown to be consistent and reliable in Western countries, there has been limited research in Asian populations. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the...
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2021-0115 |
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author | Thammachai, Ajchamon Sapbamrer, Ratana Rohitrattana, Juthasiri Tongprasert, Siam Hongsibsong, Surat Wangsan, Kampanat |
author_facet | Thammachai, Ajchamon Sapbamrer, Ratana Rohitrattana, Juthasiri Tongprasert, Siam Hongsibsong, Surat Wangsan, Kampanat |
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description | Early detection of decline in neurobehavioral (NB) performance requires reliable methods of testing. Although NB tests have been shown to be consistent and reliable in Western countries, there has been limited research in Asian populations. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability of NB tests in a Thai adult population and examine the impact of demographic data on NB tests. The aspects of the tests chosen were memory, attention, hand-eye coordination, motor speed, and dexterity. METHODS: The three NB tests used were digit span, Purdue Pegboard, and visual-motor integration. All three were administered to a population of 30 Thai adults. RESULTS: The outcomes of all Pearson’s correlation coefficient tests (r) were positive and greater than 0.60, and subtest-retest reliability correlation coefficients ranged from 0.63 (p<0.001) to 0.81 (p<0.001). Interestingly, the outcomes of all of these tests were not affected by demographic data, with the exception of the Purdue Pegboard test, in which performance on the preferred hand and both hands assessment was weakly associated with age (β=-0.09, p<0.001 and β=-0.08, p<0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: NB tests have adequate reliability and are useful for the evaluation of clinical memory, attention, hand-eye coordination, motor speed, and dexterity in Thai adults. These tests were not affected by demographic data. However, further studies to measure the validity of the digit span, Purdue Pegboard, and visual-motor integration tests are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-97623892023-01-06 The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult population Thammachai, Ajchamon Sapbamrer, Ratana Rohitrattana, Juthasiri Tongprasert, Siam Hongsibsong, Surat Wangsan, Kampanat Dement Neuropsychol Original Article Early detection of decline in neurobehavioral (NB) performance requires reliable methods of testing. Although NB tests have been shown to be consistent and reliable in Western countries, there has been limited research in Asian populations. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the test-retest reliability of NB tests in a Thai adult population and examine the impact of demographic data on NB tests. The aspects of the tests chosen were memory, attention, hand-eye coordination, motor speed, and dexterity. METHODS: The three NB tests used were digit span, Purdue Pegboard, and visual-motor integration. All three were administered to a population of 30 Thai adults. RESULTS: The outcomes of all Pearson’s correlation coefficient tests (r) were positive and greater than 0.60, and subtest-retest reliability correlation coefficients ranged from 0.63 (p<0.001) to 0.81 (p<0.001). Interestingly, the outcomes of all of these tests were not affected by demographic data, with the exception of the Purdue Pegboard test, in which performance on the preferred hand and both hands assessment was weakly associated with age (β=-0.09, p<0.001 and β=-0.08, p<0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: NB tests have adequate reliability and are useful for the evaluation of clinical memory, attention, hand-eye coordination, motor speed, and dexterity in Thai adults. These tests were not affected by demographic data. However, further studies to measure the validity of the digit span, Purdue Pegboard, and visual-motor integration tests are needed. Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento 2022-07-29 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9762389/ /pubmed/36619834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2021-0115 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License |
spellingShingle | Original Article Thammachai, Ajchamon Sapbamrer, Ratana Rohitrattana, Juthasiri Tongprasert, Siam Hongsibsong, Surat Wangsan, Kampanat The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult population |
title | The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult
population |
title_full | The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult
population |
title_fullStr | The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult
population |
title_full_unstemmed | The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult
population |
title_short | The reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult
population |
title_sort | reliability of neurobehavioral tests in a thai adult
population |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9762389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36619834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5764-DN-2021-0115 |
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