The Five Digits Test in the assessment of older adults with low formal education: construct validity and reliability in a Brazilian clinical sample

Abstract Introduction In the assessment of older adults with very low formal education, typical tests of selective attention and inhibitory control are biased by reading abilities. In this sense, we aim to assess the psychometric characteristics of the Five Digits Test (FDT), a numerical Stroop pa...

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Main Authors: Jonas Jardim de Paula, Thaís Dell’Oro Oliveira, Emanuel Henrique Gonçalves Querino, Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2017-08-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892017000300173&lng=en&tlng=en