Spanish Validation of the TYM Test for Dementia Screening in an Argentine Population
The aim of this study is the validation and identification of cut-off scores for a fast neurocognitive test, called TYM (Test Your Memory) which goal is dementia screening. It was translated and adapted to meet a sample profiles that dwell in Rosario. Results between patients and normal controls mat...
| Autor Principal: | Serrani Azcurra, Daniel Jorge Luis; Facultad de Psicología UNR Argentina |
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2013
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/1330 |
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The aim of this study is the validation and identification of cut-off scores for a fast neurocognitive test, called TYM (Test Your Memory) which goal is dementia screening. It was translated and adapted to meet a sample profiles that dwell in Rosario. Results between patients and normal controls matched for age and gender were compared. To establish cut-off points the TYM test was compared against other standardized well-known test (Test de Lobo or MEC, Addenbrook Cognitive Test in Spanish -Revised or ACE-R and -Pfeiffer Test or PFAQ) in two samples of subjects with 50 demented patients and 100 normal controls each one. Patients with dementia completed the TYM with a mean score of 37/50 and controls scored 47/50. Correlation with the other tests was good. A score of |
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