BACKGROUND Information and communication technology (ICT) has become an increasingly important part of daily life. The ability to use technology is becoming essential for autonomous functioning in society. Current functional scales for patients with cognitive impairment do not evaluate the use of technology. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a new version of the Activities...

INTRODUCTION There is a need for clinically administered instruments capable of detecting executive dysfunction in dementia. OBJECTIVE The translation and validation of Executive Battery 25 (EB25) and a short version for screening of executive dysfunction in dementia. METHODS The original battery was translated and validated using convergent and divergent correlation in 66 mild dementia pat...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to analyze the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the Chilean version of the INECO Frontal Screening (IFS-Ch) in a sample of dementia patients and control subjects. METHODS After adapting the instrument to the Chilean context and obtaining content validity evidence through expert consultation, the IFS-Ch was administered to 31 dementia patients and ...

Objective: This study sought to analyze the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the Chilean version of the INECO Frontal Screening (IFS-Ch) in a sample of dementia patients and control subjects. Methods: After adapting the instrument to the Chilean context and obtaining content validity evidence through expert consultation, the IFSCh was administered to 31 dementia patients and 3...

Older adults' heightened susceptibility to false memories has been linked to compromised frontal lobe functioning as estimated by Glisky and colleagues' (Glisky, Polster, & Routhieaux, 1995) neuropsychological battery (e.g., Butler, McDaniel, Domburg, Price, & Roediger, 2004). This conclusion, however, rests on the untested assumption that young adults have uniformly high frontal functioning. W...

The aim of this study was to analyze the efficiency a physical activity program on executive performance in obese adolescents. Fifteen adolescents (5 males and 10 females), with mean age 14.73 years an IMC 36.74 participated study. None participants presented compulsive eating disorder when screened by Binge Eating Scale. A pretest posttest assessment, twelve months later, conducted using neuro...

Background Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment (NPA) has proven to be a diagnostic and monitoring procedure that contributes the understanding of neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). Despite memory deficits being considered as hallmarks age-related cognitive decline, executive impairment emerged strongest correlate functional dependence characterizes major NCD. Hence, present study aims to:...