Adaptação transcultural da subescala de funções executivas do teste Barcelona: versão para idosos

Abstract

The objective of this study was to was to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of a subscale that evaluates the Executive Functions of the “Programa Integrado de Exploração Neuropsicológica - Teste Barcelona (PIEN-TB II)” for the portuguese language. The adapted tests are Category Evocation, Similarities, Situation and Proverb Understanding, Number Key, Interference Resistance, and Inversion of Automatic Series. The experimental version was applied to 120 participants aged 65-87 years, from a region in southern Brazil. Several studies were carried out in search of the psychometric characteristics of the subscale. The exploratory factorial analysis was carried out, identifying a one-dimensional model; In the analysis of internal consistency this factor showed homogeneity among the items (α = 0.67). For the criterion validity study, the general EF score was correlated with the performance obtained on the Wechsler Short Intelligence Scale and on the Wisconsin test and the scores suggested evidence of convergent and discriminant validity. Some theoretical hypotheses were found, pointing out that the best performance in EFs was observed among the elderly who were younger, more educated, who had mastered a second language and who used social networks. It can be concluded that the EFs subscale of the PIEN-TB II adapted presented an equivalence in relation to the original version and satisfactory psychometric properties for the application directed to the elderly population.