title: Validation of the PASAT in Argentina.
abstract: The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) is one of the most used neuropsychological tests to assess information processing speed and working memory in brain injured patients. This study was carried out with the purpose of obtaining normative data for the PASAT-3″ in a healthy Argentinean population, which would result in a reference control population. The PASAT-3″ was administered in a sample of 296 healthy voluntary subjects, born and living in Argentina. The age range went from 20 to 70 years-old. The level of education was 0 to 13 or more years of schooling. The sample obtained a mean of 44.60 (SD = 10.72) in the PASAT-3″. It was found that the score obtained in the PASAT-3″ was related to the age and the level of instruction of the participants. Their performance diminished as age increased and, conversely, it increased as the level of instruction was higher. Normative data was obtained for a Latin American population from Argentina. Percentile distributions obtained by decades of age and different levels of education should be considered as useful reference values for clinicians and investigators when applying the PASAT-3″ to assess cognitive function in different pathologies.
authors.affiliation: a Multiple Sclerosis Clinic , Institute of Neurosciences of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b MS Clinic , Ramos Mejia Hospital , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanotti
authors.affiliation: a Multiple Sclerosis Clinic , Institute of Neurosciences of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina.|b MS Clinic , Ramos Mejia Hospital , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Maria Barbara
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Eizaguirre
authors.affiliation: b MS Clinic , Ramos Mejia Hospital , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Evangelina Valeria
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Cores
authors.affiliation: b MS Clinic , Ramos Mejia Hospital , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yastremis
authors.affiliation: b MS Clinic , Ramos Mejia Hospital , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Orlando
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Garcea
authors.affiliation: c Population Health Research Center, Durand Hospital , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salgado
authors.affiliation: a Multiple Sclerosis Clinic , Institute of Neurosciences of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cáceres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D001118:Argentina; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Normative data; PASAT-3″; neuropsychological test; processing speed; working memory