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Preliminary Validation of the Portuguese Version of the University of Pennsylvania Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (PennCNB) in a Sample of Healthy Controls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

C. da Motta ,
C. Barreto Carvalho ,
P. Castilho  and
M. Pato
C. da Motta
Affiliation:
Azores University, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Ponta Delgada, Portugal University of Coimbra, Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Barreto Carvalho
Affiliation:
Azores University, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Ponta Delgada, Portugal University of Coimbra, Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Coimbra, Portugal
P. Castilho
Affiliation:
University of Coimbra, Cognitive and Behavioural Center for Research and Intervention, Coimbra, Portugal
M. Pato
Affiliation:
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, College of Medicine, New York, USA

Abstract

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Introduction

The advances and massification of technology have allowed new developments in effective assessment methodologies for the evaluation of cognitive functions and associated functions of several brain systems and structures. Computerized test batteries have become more robust alternatives to paper-and-pencil test batteries and useful tools for research in several scientific domains, including psychiatry, psychology, genetics and neurosciences.

Aims

To validate and disseminate the Portuguese PennCNP battery for clinical and non-clinical studies.

Objectives

To translate and provide preliminary psychometric data of the Portuguese PennCNP tests in 9 neurocognitive domains.

Method

The PennCNB (Gur et al., 2010) was translated and administered to a sample of 120 Portuguese participants from the general population.

Results

Findings on the internal consistency and performance (speed and accuracy) are presented for the 19 tasks included in the PennCNB, in addition to results of correlation analysis within tests on the same domain for criterion validity, and gender sensitivity analysis.

Conclusion

Computerized assessment provides efficient and reliable results, based on performance of abstract.

Objective and simple tasks that cover a vast range of cognitive functions

The administration requires minimal training and provides a quick and automated scoring procedure, with great utility in several research and clinical fields. The availability of a test battery suitable for a large number of Portuguese native-speakers worldwide is of added value, since the translation of measures to several languages allows creating more extensive normative samples and direct results comparability in future research, including transnational or cross-cultural studies and clinical trials.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Viewing: Research Methodology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. s794 - s795
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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