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. 2016 Jan 5;15(1):16-22.

Persian version of frontal assessment battery: Correlations with formal measures of executive functioning and providing normative data for Persian population

Sina Asaadi  1 , Farzad Ashrafi  1 , Mahmoud Omidbeigi  2 , Zahra Nasiri  1 , Hossein Pakdaman  3 , Ali Amini-Harandi  1
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Persian version of frontal assessment battery: Correlations with formal measures of executive functioning and providing normative data for Persian population

Sina Asaadi et al. Iran J Neurol. .

Abstract

Background: Cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) mainly involves executive function (EF). The frontal assessment battery (FAB) is an efficient tool for the assessment of EFs. The aims of this study were to determine the validity and reliability of the psychometric properties of the Persian version of FAB and assess its correlation with formal measures of EFs to provide normative data for the Persian version of FAB in patients with PD.

Methods: The study recruited 149 healthy participants and 49 patients with idiopathic PD. In PD patients, FAB results were compared to their performance on EF tests. Reliability analysis involved test-retest reliability and internal consistency, whereas validity analysis involved convergent validity approach. FAB scores compared in normal controls and in PD patients matched for age, education, and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score.

Results: In PD patients, FAB scores were significantly decreased compared to normal controls, and correlated with Stroop test and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). In healthy subjects, FAB scores varied according to the age, education, and MMSE. In the FAB subtest analysis, the performances of PD patients were worse than the healthy participants on similarities, fluency tasks, and Luria's motor series.

Conclusion: Persian version of FAB could be used as a reliable scale for the assessment of frontal lobe functions in Iranian patients with PD. Furthermore, normative data provided for the Persian version of this test improve the accuracy and confidence in the clinical application of the FAB.

Keywords: Executive Function; Frontal Lobe; Iran; Mental Status; Outcome and Process Assessment; Persian.

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