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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2016; 74(01): 3
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20150184
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Ecological validity of the five digit test and the oral trails test

Validade ecológica do teste dos cinco dígitos e do oral trails test
Gabrielle Chequer de Castro Paiva
1   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Laboratório de Experimentação em Psicologia e Neuropsicologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil;
,
Mariana Braga Fialho
1   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Laboratório de Experimentação em Psicologia e Neuropsicologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil;
,
Danielle de Souza Costa
1   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Laboratório de Experimentação em Psicologia e Neuropsicologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil;
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, Medicina Molecular, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
,
Jonas Jardim de Paula
1   Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Laboratório de Experimentação em Psicologia e Neuropsicologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil;
2   Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia, Medicina Molecular, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
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ABSTRACT

Tests evaluating the attentional-executive system are widely used in clinical practice. However, proximity of an objective cognitive test with real-world situations (ecological validity) is not frequently investigated. The present study evaluate the association between measures of the Five Digit Test (FDT) and the Oral Trails Test (OTT) with self-reported cognitive failures in everyday life as measured by the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). Brazilian adults from 18-to-65 years old voluntarily performed the FDT and OTT tests and reported the frequency of cognitive failures in their everyday life through the CFQ. After controlling for the age effect, the measures of controlled attentional processes were associated with cognitive failures, yet the cognitive flexibility of both FDT and OTT accounted for by the majority of variance in most aspects of the CFQ factors. The FDT and the OTT measures were predictive of real-world problems such as cognitive failures in everyday activities/situations.

RESUMO

Testes que avaliam o sistema atencional-executivo são amplamente adotados no contexto clínico. Contudo, a proximidade de uma medida cognitiva objetiva com situações reais (validade ecológica) são pouco investigadas. O presente estudo objetiva avaliar a associação entre o Teste dos Cinco Dígitos (FDT) e o Oral Trails Test (OTT) com falhas cognitivas do dia a dia relatadas no Questionário de Falhas Cognitivas (CFQ). Sessenta adultos brasileiros, de 18 a 65 e cinco anos, realizaram o FDT e o OTT e reportaram a frequência das falhas cognitivas por meio do CFQ. Controlando o efeito da idade, as medidas de processos atencionais controlados foram associadas com as falhas cognitivas, sendo que o componente de flexibilidade cognitiva do FDT e do OTT explicou a maior parte da variância das falhas. O FDT e o OTT foram preditores de problemas reais do dia a dia, como as falhas cognitivas.

neuropsychology - attention - psychometrics - cognition - stroop test
neuropsicologia - atenção - psicometria - cognição - teste de stroop

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Support: Psychology and Neuropsychology Experimentation Laboratoy (Labep_neuropsi) from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais – FCMMG and funded by Fundação Educacional Lucas Machado – FELUMA. INCT-MM Research Grants (FAPEMIG: CBB-APQ-00075-09/CNPq 573646/2008-2).




Publication History

Received: 22 June 2015

Accepted: 17 September 2015

Article published online:
06 September 2023

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