| Title: |
Preliminary validation study of the Russian Birmingham Cognitive Screen |
| Authors: |
Kuzmina, EK; Humphreys, GW; Riddoch, MJ; Skvortsov, AA; Weekes, BS |
| Publisher Information: |
//www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13803395.asp; United Kingdom |
| Publication Year: |
2017 |
| Collection: |
University of Hong Kong: HKU Scholars Hub |
| Subject Terms: |
Aphasia; Neuropsychological assessment; Russian; Stroke; Validation study |
| Description: |
Introduction: The Birmingham Cognitive Screen (BCoS) is designed for use with individuals who have acquired language impairment following stroke. Our goal was to develop a Russian version of the BCoS (Rus-BCoS) by translating the battery following cultural and linguistic adaptations and establishing preliminary data on its psychometric properties. Method: Fifty patients with left-hemisphere stroke were recruited, of whom 98% were diagnosed with mild to moderate aphasia. To check whether the Rus-BCoS provides stable and consistent scores, internal consistency, test–retest, and interrater types of reliability were determined. Eight participants with stroke and 20 neurologically intact participants were assessed twice. To inspect the discriminative power of the battery, 63 participants without brain impairment were tested with the Rus-BCoS. Additionally, the Russian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Quantitative Assessment of Speech in Aphasia, and Luria’s Neuropsychological Assessment Battery were used to examine convergent validity, sensitivity, and specificity of the Rus-BCoS. Results: The internal consistency as well as test–retest and interrater reliability of the Rus-BCoS satisfied criteria for the research use. Performance on a majority of tasks in the battery correlated significantly with independently validated tests that putatively measure similar cognitive processes. Critically, all patients with aphasia returned nonzero scores in at least one task in all the Rus-BCoS sections, with the exception of the Controlled Attention section where two patients with severe executive control deficits could not perform. Conclusions: The Rus-BCoS shows promise as a comprehensive cognitive screening tool that can be used by clinicians working with Russian-speaking persons experiencing poststroke aphasia after much further validation and development of reliable normative standards. Given a lack of quantitative neuropsychological assessment tools in Russia, however, we contend the Rus-BCoS offers ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology; 16; 273533; WOS:000423512800001; https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/242274; 40 |
| DOI: |
10.1080/13803395.2017.1301884 |
| Availability: |
https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/242274; https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2017.1301884 |
| Rights: |
Preprint: This is an Author's Original Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. Postprint: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/[Article DOI]. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.D70B849B |
| Database: |
BASE |