Abstract

PAWLOWSKI, JOSIANE; PARENTE, MARIA ALICE DE MATTOS PIMENTA  and  BANDEIRA, DENISE RUSCHEL. Reliability of the Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument Neupsilin. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2013, vol.31, n.1, pp.62-70. ISSN 1794-4724.

This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of Neupsilin Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Instrument, a brief battery developed in Brazil. Hundred two Brazilian man and women participated, from 18 to 40 years of age. It was evaluated the test-retest reliability of the Neupsilin tasks and the reliability of the correction of the constructional praxis task by different evaluators. The data were analyzed by Spearman's correlation, intraclass correlation and Cronbach's alpha. Language, memory, praxis and executive functions presented the highest correlations in the test-retest analyses. The agreement in the correction of the constructional praxis task was moderate to high. The results indicate temporal reliability of Neupsilin tasks and inter-rater agreement in the correction of the constructional praxis task. Suggestions to improve the tasks, the validity and reliability of Neupsilin were presented.

Keywords : neuropsychological assessment; reliability.

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