Best Practices and Methodological Strategies for Addressing Generalizability in Neuropsychological Assessment

Malik, Hinza Batool; Norman, Jasmine

doi:10.1007/s40817-023-00145-5

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“…With respect to the generalization of our findings in neuropsychology and psychology, we are cautious about the generalization of our results [48]. In middle-income countries such as ours, this study is considered a starting point for describing the validity of the WCST as a diagnostic and complementary tool in palliative care services in the oncopediatric population, considering the impact that treatment and diagnosis have on brain function and executive functions, as well as on future outcomes in academics and/or work performance.…”

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Performance of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in Oncopediatric Patients in an Oncology Unit in Cali, Colombia: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study

Jiménez,

Santa,

Guerrero

et al. 2024

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Background: In 2020, the incidence of cancer was 844,778 cases among the population aged 0 to 19 years. Ninety percent of the population under 18 years of age lives in low- and middle-income countries, where cancer survivors report adverse outcomes. disease, which negatively impacts individuals’ general health, emotional state and external factors such as academic performance. Therefore, the objective of this article was to report the performance of the WCST and the sociodemographic characteristics of oncopediatric patients from Cali, Colombia. We report the reliability of the WCST instrument and indicate the association between the type of cancer and executive functioning in patients. Methods: In a cross-sectional observational study, 24 oncopediatric patients were interviewed and evaluated via the WCST. Results: The mean age was 12.08 years (3.98), 20.8% were women, 70.8% had a diagnosis of leukemia, 8 patients had acquired brain deficits, and more than 75% had adequate functioning in terms of the indicators of executive functions. Robust statistics were used to explore the differences between the types of diagnoses and performance in executive functions, and no statistically significant differences were found (p = 0.156). We accumulated evidence that the WCST has a reliable Cronbach's α of 0.804 and that oncopediatric patients without brain deficits had high scores for executive functions (p = 0.002) with a moderate effect size (0.727). Conclusions: The WCST is reliable for discriminating executive function among pediatric cancer patients. The evidence suggests that there are no differences between the types of cancer evaluated and executive functioning in the participants.

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