Identifying culturally acceptable cognitive tests for use in remote northern Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A lack of culturally appropriate tests hampers accurate assessment of cognition in remote Australian Aboriginal communities. In Arnhem Land, this study employed a community consultation process to evaluate commonly used Western tests of executive function, memory, attention, and visuospatial function.

Methods

An initial consultation process and a follow-up pilot study resulted in the rejection of some common tests, the development of new tests, and culturally adapted versions of others. In the subsequent 30-person main trial, adult Aboriginal volunteers were examined on nine tests, plus the Kimberly Indigenous Cognitive Assessment screen, and a brief literacy test.

Results

Executive function, memory, and attention tests were found to group separately after

SUBMITTER: Rock D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6740030 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature