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ArticleRevista de neurologia2022

[Three tasks for the exploration of verbal fluency: evidence of test-retest reliability in Argentine adults].

P Martino, M Cervigni, R Palmieri, V Torriglia, M Calandra, M M Pulopulos, M Gallegos, M A De Bortoli, D Politis

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Article in Revista de neurologia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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P MartinoConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
M CervigniConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
R PalmieriUniversidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
V TorrigliaUniversidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
M CalandraUniversidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina.
M M PulopulosGhent University, Gent, Bélgica.
M GallegosUniversidad Católica del Maule , Talca, Chile.
M A De BortoliUniversidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina.
D PolitisConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
National University of Rosario · ARNational University of San Luis · ARUniversity of Buenos Aires · AR

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introductionThe phonological and semantic verbal fluency tasks are frequently used in neuropsychological assessment due to their easy application and good sensitivity to dementia. In Argentina, the psychometric evidence for these tasks is limited, with a special lack of knowledge of the temporal stability of its measurements. The psychometric production is even lower for the action fluency variant (emission of verbs in the infinitive in one minute). In effect, this research analyzes the test-retest reliability of three verbal fluency tasks in Argentine adults. SUBJECTS AND

methodsThe sample was made up of 85 Argentine (average age, 63.7 years), 75,3% women and with a medium-high educational level. A prospective longitudinal design was carried out, administering phonological, semantic and action fluency tasks at two different times with an interval of up to four months. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), a statistical method suggested for test-retest reliability studies, was analyzed. For the interpretation of the ICC, the Fleiss criteria were adopted.

resultsThe phonological and semantic fluency tasks showed good reliability, with ICCs of 0.77 and 0.79. The fluidity of action variant yielded ICC of 0.90, indicating excellent reliability.

conclusionsAll fluency tasks have appropriate temporal stability, and their use is recommended when prospective neuropsychological research is planned (with language evaluation at different times) or as a method of monitoring the evolution of aphasic patients undergoing neurorehabilitation. Based on its excellent reliability, it is recommended to use the action variant more frequently.

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SemanticsVerbal BehaviorAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological TestsProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsSouth American People

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