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Validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the BACS (Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia)

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Title
Validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the BACS (Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia)
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Clinics, April 2015
DOI 10.6061/clinics/2015(04)10
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Geovany Eliberto Araújo, Camilo Brandão de Resende, Ana Cecília Alves Cardoso, Antonio Lúcio Teixeira, Richard S.E. Keefe, João Vinícius Salgado

Abstract

To assess the validity and reliability of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia by examining its temporal stability, internal consistency, and discriminant and convergent validity. The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was administered to 116 stable patients with schizophrenia and 58 matched control subjects. To assess concurrent validity, a subset of patients underwent a traditional neuropsychological assessment. The patients with schizophrenia performed significantly worse than the controls (p<0.001) on all subtests of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia and on the total score, which attests to the discriminant validity of the test. The global score of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was significantly correlated with all of the subtests and with the global score for the standard battery. The Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia also had good test-retest reliability (rho>0.8). The internal consistency of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia was high (Cronbach's α  ϝ 0.874). The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia exhibits good reliability and discriminant and concurrent validity and is a promising tool for easily assessing cognitive impairment in schizophrenia and for comparing the performance of Brazilian patients with that of patients from other countries.

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Country Count As %
Nigeria 1 3%
Unknown 39 98%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 15%
Researcher 6 15%
Student > Master 5 13%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Professor 4 10%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 8 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 20%
Psychology 6 15%
Neuroscience 5 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Linguistics 1 3%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 14 35%
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