Avila Justina F, Verney Steven P, Kauzor Kaitlyn, Flowers Amina, Mehradfar Maryam, Razani Jill
a Department of Psychology , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico , USA.
b Department of Psychology , California State University , Northridge , California , USA.
Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2019 May-Jun;26(3):229-235. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2017.1392963. Epub 2018 Jan 9.
As the Farsi-speaking Iranian population continues to grow in the United States, examination of their cognitive performance is an imperative first step to providing this group with culturally competent services. Thirty-six healthy primarily Farsi-speaking Iranian adults completed Farsi-translated and adapted versions of three frequently used measures of executive/subcortical functioning: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Trail Making Test (TMT), and Color Trails Test (CTT). Participants' performance on each measure was compared to published normative data resulting in 0-85% of cognitively and medically healthy individuals being classified as impaired depending on the executive/subcortical test score examined, with the highest impairment rates for specific WCST outcome scores. These findings raise questions for the use of published norms with Farsi-speaking Iranians residing in the US. The present study provided normative data from this group of Farsi-speaking Iranians on the Farsi-translated and adapted versions of the WCST, TMT, and CTT.
随着说波斯语的伊朗裔人口在美国持续增长，评估他们的认知表现是为该群体提供具有文化适应性服务的必要第一步。三十六名主要说波斯语的健康伊朗成年人完成了波斯语翻译和改编版的三种常用执行/皮质下功能测量方法：威斯康星卡片分类测试（WCST）、连线测验（TMT）和颜色连线测验（CTT）。将参与者在每项测量中的表现与已发表的常模数据进行比较，结果发现，根据所检查的执行/皮质下测试分数，0-85%的认知和医学上健康的个体被归类为受损，其中特定WCST结果分数的受损率最高。这些发现对居住在美国的说波斯语的伊朗人使用已发表的常模提出了质疑。本研究提供了这组说波斯语的伊朗人在波斯语翻译和改编版的WCST、TMT和CTT上的常模数据。
