title: [Clinical usefulness of the Spanish version of the Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MASTsp): validation in stroke patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Clinical validation of the Spanish version of the Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MASTsp) as a screening test for language disorders in patients who have suffered a stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 29 patients who had suffered a stroke and had aphasia after a left hemispheric lesion were evaluated with the MASTsp, the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination and the Token Test at baseline and after six months of rehabilitation. Two expert speech-therapists evaluated twelve aphasic patients to determine the inter-observer reliability. This sample was assessed twice in the same week to analyse the reproducibility of the test (test-retest reliability). Aphasic patients were compared with a matched sample of non-aphasic patients with vascular lesions in the right hemisphere (n =29) and a group of healthy subjects (n=60) stratified by age and educational level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The MASTsp showed a good convergent validity, interobserver validity, test-retest reliability and a moderate sensitivity to detect changes over time. A diagnostic cut-off <90 on the MASTsp total test score is proposed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The MASTsp is a valid tool for the detection and monitoring of language problems in patients with stroke.
authors: Servicio de Neurorrehabilitación, Hospital NISA Valencia al Mar, Fundación Hospitales NISA, Valencia, España.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Romero
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authors: A
authors: Sánchez
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Marín
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authors: MD
authors: Navarro
authors: J
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authors: Ferri
authors: E
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authors: Noé
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D018450:Disease Progression; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*