Normative Study of the Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies (FAVRES) Test in the French-Canadian Population

Marcotte, Karine; McSween, Marie-Pier; Pouliot, Monica; Martineau, Sarah; Pauzé, Anne-Marie; Wiseman-Hakes, Catherine; MacDonald, Sheila

doi:10.1044/2017_jslhr-l-17-0012

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“…For all measures (microlinguistic, TU and GIM), discrepancies between raters were resolved through a discussion between the two raters until a consensus was reached. Two-way random effects intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated on all microlinguistic variables to determine consistency between raters (as inMarcotte et al 2017).…”

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The importance of thematic informativeness in narrative discourse recovery in acute post-stroke aphasia

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Background: Discourse analysis allows the examination of functional and ecological language impairment in post-stroke aphasia. Given its complexity, various methods of analysis have been developed to measure the multiple components of discourse. Clinical assessment usually includes discourse analysis, but how clinicians should assess recovery of discourse, particularly in acute care settings, is still a matter of debate. Aims: This study aimed to measure improvements in discourse production in early post-stroke aphasia recovery. Methods & Procedure: Twenty-three persons with aphasia following a first left middle cerebral artery stroke were recruited in the stroke unit of Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal (May 2015-July 2018). Patients treated with thrombolysis (n=10) and untreated patients underwent two aphasia assessments (0 to 72 hours, 7 to 14 days post-onset). Discourse assessment consisted of the picture description task from the Western Aphasia Battery (Kertesz, 2006). Changes in microlinguistic and thematic informativeness measures between the two assessment periods were analyzed. Outcomes & Results: In-depth microlinguistic analyses showed no significant difference between the initial and follow-up assessments. Conversely, some thematic informativeness variables improved significantly during the same time period. Patients treated with thrombolysis produced more thematic units than untreated patients at both assessments, but the change between the two groups was not significant. Conclusions & Implications: This study suggests that thematic informativeness variables are sensitive to language improvement in early post-stroke aphasia recovery whereas no microlinguistic variables improved significantly in the same period. In contrast to previous evidence, the difference between patients treated with thrombolysis and untreated patients was not evident over time. The results suggest that thematic informativeness constitutes an interesting path to explore as NARRATIVE DISCOURSE RECOVERY Aphasiology (accepted) 4 a routine clinical assessment in acute-care settings because it is time-efficient, simple to conduct and reliable in assessing early changes in the discourse production of individuals with aphasia in the acute post-stroke phase.

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“…No statistically significant differences occurred on any measures between the Young Non-exercisers and Older Non-exercisers. Younger adults having higher scores than older adults on the APT-Test, BADS, and FAVRES has been documented [13,38]. In addition, data indicate that in general, older adults can have poorer performance on attention and executive function scores versus younger adults [14,15].…”

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“…The APT-Test [32], BADS [33], and FAVRES [34] have been used across several research studies to measure EF and attention [3,8,13,[29][30][31]35,[37][38][39][40]. Johnston recently conducted a survey that included 51 practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs) who developed a list of formalized assessments administered to evaluate their adult patients' cognition [41].…”

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Effects of exercise on tests measuring attention and executive function in younger and older adults

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Baldwin²,

Cravatta³

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Clin Arch Commun Disord

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This study investigated whether or not performance differed between Young and Older Exercisers and between Young and Older Non-exercisers on the Attention Processing Training-Test (APT-Test), Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS), and Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies (FAVRES).Methods: A total of 119 participants were divided into the following groups: 46 Young Exercisers: (aged 18-40 years), 45 Older Exercisers (aged 60 and older), fourteen Young Nonexercisers, and fourteen Older Non-exercisers. Participants completed the APT-Test, BADS, and FAVRES in a counterbalanced manner. Independent sample t-tests were used to calculate outcomes.Results: Young Exercisers had significantly higher scores than Older Exercisers on the APT-Test, BADS Total Profile Score, and the FAVRES Total Accuracy Score. No significant differences occurred between Young and Older Exercisers on the FAVRES Total Rationale, Total Time, or Reasoning scores. No statistically significant differences occurred on any measures between Young and Older Non-exercisers.Conclusions: Different performance trends occurred between the Exerciser groups and the Non-exerciser groups. For example, both Exerciser groups performed similarly on the FA-VRES when asked to justify their responses and perform reasoning tasks. Older Exercisers provided correct responses for Accuracy measures, yet their responses did not earn the total points. No differences occurred on any test between the Non-exerciser groups. Thus, it could be helpful for clinicians to inquire about patients' pre-morbid exercise habits when using these tests. Participants were healthy, neurologically intact adults. Future research should investigate potential effects exercise has on these tests in adults with acquired neurological damage.

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“…In a study conducted in another country, age impacted performance on a different cognitive-communicative assessment battery, with shorter response times and higher scores observed among younger participants (24) . Thus, discourse performance can be associated not only with sociodemographic variables, but also with variables intrinsic to the assessment itself, such as the tasks applied, response recording method used, and type of discourse assessed.…”

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Narrative discourse of young and older brazilian adults associated with demographic factors

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Silva

2020

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Purpose: 1) Compare the discourse performance between young and older adults from the Brazilian Federal District (DF); 2) Compare the mean discourse performance of participants from the DF with the normative discourse of a population from a different region of the country; 3) Verify whether the variables age, educational level and socioeconomic status and scores on the cognitive, behavioral and functional screening tests were associated with discourse performance. Method: A total of 60 healthy volunteers from the DF, 30 older adults and 30 young adults, were selected. Participants were divided into two subgroups according to educational level: low education and high education. The four narrative discourse subtests of the Montreal Communication Evaluation Battery, Brazilian Portuguese version (MAC-BR) were applied to the study sample. Results: Discourse scores of the older adults were statistically higher than those of the young adults. The discourse scores in the high education group were also better than those in the low education group, with statistically significant difference observed in only one of the MAC-BR subtests. Discourse performance was associated with the sociodemographic variable and the scores on the cognitive and functional screening tests. The discourse performance of the DF sample differed from the national normative discourse with statistically significant difference. Conclusion: The discourse performance of older adults from the Brazilian Federal District differed from that of young adults from the same region, as well as from that of older adults from southern Brazil. Discourse performance was associated with several different variables.

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Normative Study of the Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies (FAVRES) Test in the French-Canadian Population

Abstract: Overall, mean scores on each criterion were relatively lower than in the original English version, which reinforces the importance of using the present normative data when interpreting performance of French speakers who have sustained a traumatic brain injury.

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The importance of thematic informativeness in narrative discourse recovery in acute post-stroke aphasia

The importance of thematic informativeness in narrative discourse recovery in acute post-stroke aphasia

Effects of exercise on tests measuring attention and executive function in younger and older adults

Narrative discourse of young and older brazilian adults associated with demographic factors

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