Validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the BACS (Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia)
Clinics
; Clinics;70(4): 278-282, 04/2015. tab
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia by examining its temporal stability, internal consistency, and discriminant and convergent validity.METHODS:
The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was administered to 116 stable patients with schizophrenia and 58 matched control subjects. To assess concurrent validity, a subset of patients underwent a traditional neuropsychological assessment.RESULTS:
The patients with schizophrenia performed significantly worse than the controls (p<0.001) on all subtests of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia and on the total score, which attests to the discriminant validity of the test. The global score of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was significantly correlated with all of the subtests and with the global score for the standard battery. The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia also had good test-retest reliability (rho>0.8). The internal consistency of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was high (Cronbach's α ϝ 0.874).CONCLUSION:
The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia exhibits good reliability and discriminant and concurrent validity and is a promising tool for easily assessing cognitive impairment in schizophrenia and for comparing the performance of Brazilian patients with that of patients from other countries. .Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Asunto principal:
Trastornos Generalizados del Desarrollo Infantil
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Conducta Imitativa
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Trastornos del Desarrollo del Lenguaje
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clinics
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Pais de publicación:
Brasil