Author(s): Domingues, D?bora Isabel M?ximo ; Espirito-Santo, Helena (Orientadora)
Date: 2016
Origin: Repositório Aberto do Instituto Superior Miguel Torga
Subject(s): Propriedades psicom?tricas - Psychometric properties; Bateria de Avalia??o Frontal - Frontal Assessment Battery; Avalia??o neuropsicol?gica - Neuropsychological assessment; Adultos - Adults
The Frontal Assessment Batery / A Bateria de Avalia??o Frontal (FAB) ? um teste neuropsicol?gico, constitu?do por seis subtestes, cujo objetivo ? avaliar a disfun??o executiva global, nomeadamente as fun??es relacionadas com o lobo frontal, tais como a concetualiza??o, flexibilidade mental, programa??o motora, sensibilidade ? interfer?ncia, controlo inibit?rio e autonomia ambiental frontal. De forma a contribuir para o avan?o dos estudos normativos em Portugal, esta disserta??o tem como objetivo avaliar as propriedades psicom?tricas da FAB, numa amostra de adultos da popula??o portuguesa. O protocolo abrangeu a seguinte bateria de testes neuropsicol?gicos: Bateria de Avalia??o Frontal, Figura Complexa de Rey, Matrizes Progressivas de Raven e Teste do Desenho do Rel?gio. A amostra deste estudo incluiu 376 indiv?duos, 155 do sexo masculino e 221 do sexo feminino. Os resultados desta investiga??o sugerem que a pontua??o da FAB ? influenciada por algumas vari?veis sociodemogr?ficas, designadamente a idade, escolaridade, profiss?es e regi?o. A an?lise correlacional mostrou que h? apenas uma correla??o positiva moderada entre a FAB e as Matrizes Progressivas de Raven. Apesar da consist?ncia interna da FAB ser baixa, existe uma estabilidade temporal moderada. Ao finalizar, consideramos que a FAB re?ne os requisitos para se apresentar como uma bateria ?til e eficaz, demonstrando um grau razo?vel de estabilidade temporal, mas fraca consist?ncia interna, sugerindo que a FAB n?o ? indicada para amostra n?o cl?nica. / The Frontal Assessment Baterry (FAB) is a neuropsychological test, composed of six subtests, whose aim is to assess the overall executive dysfunction, namely functions related to the frontal lobe, such as conceptualization, mental flexibility, motor programming, sensitivity to interference, inhibitory control and environmental autonomy. In order to contribute to the advancement of normative studies in Portugal, this dissertation aim to evaluate the psychometric properties of the FAB, in an adult sample of the portuguese population. The protocol included the following battery of neuropsychological tests: Frontal Assessment Battery, Complex Figure of Rey, Raven's Progressive Matrices and Clock Drawing Test. The sample this study included 376 individuals, 155 male and 221 female. The results of this investigation suggest that FAB is influenced by some sociodemographic variables, namely age, education, profession and region. The correlational analysis showed that there is only a moderate positive correlation between the FAB and the Raven Progressive Matrices. However, also they found low positive correlations between the FAB and the Complex Figure of Rey, and Clock Drawing Test. Although the FAB has a low internal consistency, there is a moderate temporal stability. Finally, we consider that the FAB gathers the requirements to present itself as a useful and effective battery, demonstrating a reasonable degree of temporal stability, but weaker internal consistency, suggesting that the FAB is not indicate for non-clinical sample.
