Comparison of Performance from Three Continents on the WHO-Recommended Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery

Anger, W. Kent; Cassitto, Maria Grazia; Liang, Yupei; Amador, Rafael; Hooisma, J.; Chrislip, David W.; Mergler, Donna; Keifer, Matt; Hortnagl, J.; Fournier, Lara; Dudek, Bohdan; ZSögön, E.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-059785-7.50012-0

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“…To remove the effect of age on neurobehavioral performance we matched age of painters and controls. As duration of education also was known to affect neurobehavioral performance 9,29,32,34) , we excluded workers whose educational level was below 9 yr to reduce the effect of education level on neurobehavioral performance. However, duration of education still had effect on the result of SD according to the results of multiple regression analysis in our study.…”

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Neurobehavioral Changes of Shipyard Painters Exposed to Mixed Organic Solvents

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Abstracts: This study was conducted to evaluate neurobehavioral changes arising from occupational exposure to organic solvents among shipyard painters and to establish whether a dose-effect relation existed where there was any observed impairment of neurobehavioral performance by running the test of Simple Reaction Time (SRT), Symbol Digit Substitution (SD), and Finger Tapping Speed (FT) with a computer-assisted neurobehavioral test battery. The study group consisted of 180 shipyard painters and 60 reference workers. The workers answered a self-administered questionnaire on occupational, medical history, and demographic characteristics including age, work duration, education level, and quantity and frequency of alcohol and smoking, and performed three psychometric tests on the Korean Computerized Neurobehavioral tests. To estimate cumulative exposure level, samples of ambient air on 61 painters were analyzed using a gas chromatograph. Shipyard painters and the reference group showed significant differences in the results of test of SD, FT of dominant hand, and FT of non-dominant hand. The test results of SD of shipyard painters also showed significant difference by duration of work. This suggests that occupational exposure of organic solvent could induce neurobehavioral changes in the shipyard painters. Therefore an objective neurobehavioral test is recommended on evaluating neurobehavioral performance of longterm solvent-exposed shipyard workers.

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“…World health organization (WHO) recommended neurobehavioral core test battery (NCTB) which consisted of digit symbol, digit span, Benton visual retention, pursuit aiming, simple reaction time, Santa Ana, and profile of mood states 9,10) . Letz and Baker developed the neurobehavioral evaluation system (NES) in the mid 1980s 11) .…”

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“…Preliminary analyses revealed that the neurobehavioral tests demonstrated the most consistent relationship with recent use of pesticides within the farm population. Neurobehavioral tests were chosen because psychiatric literature indicated problems among those with chronic exposure to organophosphate compounds (Gerchon and Shaw, 1961), epidemiological work has documented central nervous system effects of acute poisoning episodes (Rosenstock et al, 1991) and assessments of neurobehavioral function are sensitive measures of such problems in non-clinical populations (Anger et al, 1983). We expanded on the Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery that was assessed cross-culturally and recommended by the World Health Organization (Cassito et al, 1990).…”

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Further evidence on pesticides, productivity and farmer health: Potato production in Ecuador

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“…The use of behavioral tests to assess workplace exposure has continued to increase and behavioral tests have become the most efficient methods (in terms of cost and time) to screen for adverse effects of neurotoxic exposures in adult workers (Anger, 2003;Anger, et al, 1994). These workplace studies have provided us with much of the current knowledge about the effects of toxicants on human neurological functioning (Anger, 1992;Anger, et al, 1993). The heightened concern over the potential impact of environmental exposures on neurological functioning in children has led to the development of neurobehavioral test batteries for use with children.…”

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Adaptation of the Behavioral Assessment and Research System (BARS) for evaluating neurobehavioral performance in Filipino children

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Neurobehavioral tests have long been used to assess health effects in exposed working adult populations. The heightened concern over the potential impact of environmental exposures on neurological functioning in children has led to the development of test batteries for use with children. There is a need for reliable, easy-to-administer batteries to assess neurotoxic exposure in children. One such test battery previously validated with Spanish-and English-speaking children ages 4 and older, combines computerized tests from the Behavioral Assessment and Research System (BARS) with non-computerized tests. The goal of the present study was to determine the feasibility of using standardized neurobehavioral tests in preschool and school-aged Filipino children. Test instructions were translated into the vernacular, Tagalog or Tagalog-English ("Taglish") and some instructions and materials were modified to be appropriate for the target populations. The battery was administered to 4 to 6 year old Filipino children (N=50). The performance of the Filipino children was compared to data previously collected from Spanish-and English-speaking children tested in the US. The majority of children had no difficulty completing the tests in the battery with the exception of the Symbol-Digit test and Digit Span-reverse. The three groups showed similar patterns of performance on the tests and the older children performed better than the younger children on all of the tests. The findings from this study demonstrate the utility of using this test battery to assess cognitive and motor performance in Filipino children. Tests in the battery assess a range of functions and the measures are sensitive to age differences. The current battery has been utilized in several cultures and socio-economic status classes, with only minor modifications needed. This study demonstrates the importance of pilot testing the methods before use in a new population, to ensure that the test is valid for that culture.

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Comparison of Performance from Three Continents on the WHO-Recommended Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Neurobehavioral Changes of Shipyard Painters Exposed to Mixed Organic Solvents

Neurobehavioral Changes of Shipyard Painters Exposed to Mixed Organic Solvents

Further evidence on pesticides, productivity and farmer health: Potato production in Ecuador

Adaptation of the Behavioral Assessment and Research System (BARS) for evaluating neurobehavioral performance in Filipino children

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