TY - JOUR
T1 - HUMANS
T2 - An english and spanish neuropsychological test battery for assessing HIV-1-infected individuals - Initial report
AU - Wilkie, Frances L.
AU - Goodkin, Karl
AU - Ardila, Alfredo
AU - Concha, Mauricio
AU - Lee, Diana
AU - Lecusay, Robert
AU - Suarez, Paola
AU - Van Zuilen, Maria H.
AU - Molina, Rebeca
AU - O'Mellan, Sandra
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - A neuropsychological battery for testing HIV-1-infected individuals in Spanish was developed. We refer to this battery as the HIV/University of Miami Annotated Neuropsychological test battery in Spanish (HUMANS). The HUMANS battery includes recommendations of the National Institute of Mental Health Neuropsychology Workgroup on HIV-1 infection and measures processes in the following 7 cognitive domains: attention, verbal and visual memory, information processing speed, abstraction and executive functioning, language, visuospatial and visuoconstructive, and motor. Administration requires approximately 3 to 4 hr. The English version of the battery is sensitive to HIV-1 serostatus and Centers for Disease Control clinical disease stage. We report on the test selection, translation, and adaptation of this parallel English battery into Spanish using methods to eliminate linguistically and culturally biased items in some tests. The importance of standardized neuropsychological instruments equivalent in different languages to test HIV-1-positive individuals for impairment is emphasized. Validation and reliability studies are in progress.
AB - A neuropsychological battery for testing HIV-1-infected individuals in Spanish was developed. We refer to this battery as the HIV/University of Miami Annotated Neuropsychological test battery in Spanish (HUMANS). The HUMANS battery includes recommendations of the National Institute of Mental Health Neuropsychology Workgroup on HIV-1 infection and measures processes in the following 7 cognitive domains: attention, verbal and visual memory, information processing speed, abstraction and executive functioning, language, visuospatial and visuoconstructive, and motor. Administration requires approximately 3 to 4 hr. The English version of the battery is sensitive to HIV-1 serostatus and Centers for Disease Control clinical disease stage. We report on the test selection, translation, and adaptation of this parallel English battery into Spanish using methods to eliminate linguistically and culturally biased items in some tests. The importance of standardized neuropsychological instruments equivalent in different languages to test HIV-1-positive individuals for impairment is emphasized. Validation and reliability studies are in progress.
KW - English
KW - HIV
KW - Neuropsychological tests
KW - Spanish
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U2 - 10.1207/s15324826an1103_1
DO - 10.1207/s15324826an1103_1
M3 - Article
C2 - 15590347
AN - SCOPUS:10644266798
VL - 11
SP - 121
EP - 133
JO - Applied neuropsychology. Adult
JF - Applied neuropsychology. Adult
SN - 2327-9095
IS - 3
ER -