Development of psychometrically matched English and Spanish language neuropsychological tests for older persons
Development of psychometrically matched English and Spanish language neuropsychological tests for older persons
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DOI：
10.1037//0894-4105.14.2.209
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发表时间：
2000-04-01
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2.4
通讯作者：
Gonz치lez, HM
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作者：
Mungas, D;Reed, BR;Gonz치lez, HM
采用项目反应理论(IRT)方法编制了英语和西班牙语相匹配的神经心理测验。产生了衡量核心神经心理能力的12个量表的候选条目，并将其应用于200名社区老年参与者，其中200人用西班牙语测试，208人用英语测试。IRT方法被用来消除语言偏见的项目，并精炼量表以评估广泛的能力范围。在英语和西班牙语两种语言形式内部和之间实现了相当好的心理测量学匹配。根据简易精神状态检查(MMSE)的测量，所有的量表对认知障碍都很敏感，在英语和西班牙语组中，量表分数和MMSE之间的关系非常相似。这一结果支持了IRT方法在跨文化和多语言测试开发中的使用，并表明这一策略在未来的神经心理测试开发中具有潜力。
Item response theory (IRT) methods were used to develop a neuropsychological test battery with matched English and Spanish language forms. Candidate items for 12 scales measuring core neuropsychological abilities were generated and administered to 200 community-dwelling elderly participants tested in Spanish and 208 tested in English. IRT methods were used to eliminate linguistically biased items and refine scales to assess broad ability ranges. Reasonably good psychometric matching of scales was achieved within and across English and Spanish language forms. All scales were sensitive to cognitive impairment as measured by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), with highly similar relationships between scale scores and MMSE across English and Spanish groups. The outcome supports the use of IRT methods in cross-cultural and multilingual test development and indicates that this strategy has potential for future neuropsychological test development.