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SynthesisNeuropsychology review2017

Neuropsychological Measures in the Arab World: A Systematic Review.

Ahmed F Fasfous, Haya F Al-Joudi, Antonio E Puente, Miguel Pérez-García

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Synthesis in Neuropsychology review, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. Differences in Neuropsychological Performance between Refugee and Non-Refugee Children in Palestine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  15. Neuropsychological Assessment: Past and Future.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ahmed F FasfousDepartment of Social Sciences, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine.
Haya F Al-JoudiDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. haljoudi8@kfshrc.edu.sa.
Antonio E PuenteDepartment of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 28403, USA.
Miguel Pérez-GarcíaSchool of Psychology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although Arabic is one of the most widely used languages in the world, little is known on the availability of standardized neuropsychological tests in Arabic. We review the literature published before 2016, using the keywords Arab*, cogniti*, and neuropsycholo*, as well as keywords for each Arab country. PubMed, PsycINFO, Education Source, Academic Search Complete, Education Resources Information Center, Shamaa, and Arabpsynet databases were searched, in addition to a selected number of Arabic medical and educational journals. After excluding case reports, studies conducted on Arab groups residing outside the Arab world or Israel, and studies that employed intelligence scales or cognitive screens without standardization, 384 studies were eventually reviewed. Tests with most extensive use, adaptation, validation and norming were identified. The Raven Matrices, with its variants, was the most normed cognitive test for Arab individuals (normed in 16 countries). The rate of neuropsychology publications from the Arab countries combined, per year, was less than half of that of each American journal (top 10 journals pertaining to cognition). Nonetheless, the rate in Arab countries has increased after 2010. Publications were mostly from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, but the ratio of test adaptation-to-publication was the largest in Jordan and Lebanon. Approximately half of these publications did not employ cognitive tests that were developed, translated, adapted, or standardized according to international guidelines of psychological measurement. We provide recommendations on improving clinical neuropsychology to better serve Arab patients.

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Neuropsychological TestsNeuropsychologyAfrica, NorthernArab WorldHumansMiddle EastArabic cognitive assessmentArabic cognitive testsArabic neurocognitive testingArabic tests reviewArab neuropsychology

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PMID28624899

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