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ArticleNeuropsychology2023

Cross-national harmonization of neurocognitive assessment across five sites in a global study.

Marcelo C Batistuzzo, Karthik Sheshachala, Daniel M Alschuler, Dianne M Hezel, Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Niels T de Joode, Chris Vriend, Karolina M Lempert, Madhuri Narayan, Clara Marincowitz and 6 more

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Article in Neuropsychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Delay Discounting and Risk Tolerance in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Results From the Global OCD Study.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2025
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  3. Assessing harmonized intelligence measures in a multinational study.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Marcelo C BatistuzzoDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo.ORCID 0000-0003-1347-8241
Karthik SheshachalaOCD Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.
Daniel M AlschulerNew York State Psychiatric Institute.ORCID 0000-0001-7337-5987
Dianne M HezelNew York State Psychiatric Institute.
Roberto Lewis-FernándezNew York State Psychiatric Institute.
Niels T de JoodeDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Chris VriendDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Karolina M LempertDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania.
Madhuri NarayanOCD Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.
Clara MarincowitzDepartment of Psychiatry, South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Stellenbosch University.
Christine LochnerDepartment of Psychiatry, South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Stellenbosch University.
Dan J SteinDepartment of Psychiatry, South African Medical Research Council Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, University of Cape Town.ORCID 0000-0001-7218-7810
Janardhanan C NarayanaswamyOCD Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.
Odile A van den HeuvelDepartment of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Helen Blair SimpsonNew York State Psychiatric Institute.
Melanie WallNew York State Psychiatric Institute.

Funding

Identifying Reproducible Brain Signatures of Obsessive-Compulsive ProfilesR01MH113250 · NIMH · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI SIMPSON, HELEN BLAIR, WALL, MELANIE M · 2017 to 2021
$4.2M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113250
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCross-national work on neurocognitive testing has been characterized by inconsistent findings, suggesting the need for improved harmonization. Here, we describe a prospective harmonization approach in an ongoing global collaborative study.

methodVisuospatial

resultsThe Netherlands site performed more accurately on

conclusionsFour out of the five sites showed only small between-site differences for each task. Nevertheless, despite our extensive prospective harmonization steps, task score performance deviated from the other sites in the Netherlands site (on four tasks) and the India site (on one task). Because the procedural methods were standardized across sites, and our analyses were adjusted for covariates, the differences found in cognitive performance may indicate selection sampling bias due to unmeasured confounders. Future studies should follow similar cross-site prospective harmonization procedures when assessing neurocognition and consider measuring other possible confounding variables for additional statistical control. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

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Social ClassEducational StatusHumansLongitudinal StudiesNeuropsychological TestsProspective Studies

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PMCPMC10164281

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