February 2011

Brief aphasia evaluation (minimum verbal performance): Psychometric data in healthy participants from Argentina

Aphasia test psychometric studies are necessary, especially for brief instruments in Spanish. A test was designed to quickly detect the basic resources of verbal communication in aphasic patients. In a sample of healthy Spanish-speakers, it was studied: (a) their test performance according to demographic variables; (b) the inter-item-internal consistency; (c) the subtest-factor structure; (d) the test-retest reliability...

Author(s): Vigliecca Nora Silvana, Peñalva Marisa Carola, Castillo Jorge Antonio, Molina Silvia Cristina, Voos Javier Alfredo, Ortiz Maria Marta and Ribichich Marialicia

February 2011

Cognitive estimation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia

The purpose of this research was to examine the role of cognitive estimation in patients with schizophrenia and Alzheimer disease (AD), and also to investigate the role of gender and levels of education in the cognitive estimation. Participants were 43 patients with AD, schizophrenia and controls that were selected through matching sampling method in Iran. A demographic questionnaire and cognitive estimation...

Author(s): Siamak Khodarahimi and Ali Rasti