Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon.
INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, Épidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie-Liban, Beirut, Lebanon.
Head Face Med. 2020 Dec 11;16(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13005-020-00251-1.
This study was conducted for several reasons, primarily because of the lack of an Arabic version of the HSCT that could be beneficial in our clinical practice. Another reason is the need to find potential relationships between various factors with executive functions, especially problematic mobile phone use as suggested by many previous studies, since smartphones have become, nowadays, a daily companion of people from all generations. Thus, it is important to conduct this study in Lebanon to be adapted to the ideas, customs and social behavior of the Lebanese citizens. Hence, the objectives of the current study are to use the Arabic version of the HSCT in healthy community-dwelling Arabic-speaking adults in Lebanon, to check its validity compared to other versions of the test, as well as to identify risk factors that might affect the executive functions in these adults.
Between August-December 2019, 350 participants were randomly selected. The Arabic version of the HSCT, divided into automatic and inhibition conditions, was used; in each condition, participants' response-time and number of errors committed were recorded.
None of the scale items was removed. For the automatic condition, response-time items converged over one factor (α = 0.905) and number of errors converged over seven factors (α = 0.334). For the inhibition condition, response-time converged over one factor (α = 0.943) and number of errors converged over four factors (α = 0.728). Using electricity as a heating method inside the house was significantly associated with a lower response-time, whereas higher problematic mobile phone use was associated with higher response-time. Using wood as a heating system inside the house and higher problematic mobile phone use were associated with higher number of errors, while using Arabian incense (bakhour) inside the house was associated with lower number of errors.
We were able to set normative data for the HSCT Arabic version for use in the Lebanese population. Problematic mobile phone use was associated with lower inhibitory control in terms of response-time and errors number.
本研究基于以下原因开展：首先，由于缺乏有益于我们临床实践的阿拉伯语版 HSCT，因此需要翻译为阿拉伯语；其次，需要寻找与执行功能相关的各种因素之间的潜在关系，尤其是考虑到智能手机已成为各年龄段人群的日常伴侣，因此此前多项研究提示智能手机的使用问题值得关注。因此，在黎巴嫩开展这项研究，旨在适应黎巴嫩公民的观念、习俗和社会行为。因此，本研究的目的是在黎巴嫩的健康社区成年阿拉伯语使用者中使用 HSCT 的阿拉伯语版，检验其与其他版本测试的有效性，并确定可能影响这些成年人执行功能的风险因素。
2019 年 8 月至 12 月期间，随机选择了 350 名参与者。使用 HSCT 的阿拉伯语版，分为自动和抑制两种条件，记录参与者在每种条件下的反应时间和错误次数。
没有删除任何量表项目。在自动条件下，反应时间项目收敛于一个因素（α=0.905），错误数量收敛于七个因素（α=0.334）。在抑制条件下，反应时间收敛于一个因素（α=0.943），错误数量收敛于四个因素（α=0.728）。使用电力作为室内取暖方法与较低的反应时间显著相关，而较高的手机使用问题与较高的反应时间相关。在室内使用木材作为取暖系统和较高的手机使用问题与较高的错误数量相关，而在室内使用阿拉伯熏香（bakhour）与较低的错误数量相关。
我们能够为阿拉伯语版 HSCT 制定黎巴嫩人群的常模数据。手机使用问题与反应时间和错误数量的抑制控制降低有关。
