A new tool for assessing the cultural adaptation of cognitive tests: demonstrating the utility of the Manchester Translation Evaluation Checklist (MTEC) through the Mini-Mental State Examination Urdu.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low- and middle-income countries contribute to the majority of dementia and mild cognitive impairment cases worldwide, yet cognitive tests for diagnosis are designed for Western cultures. Language and cultural discrepancies mean that translated tests are not always reliable or valid. We propose a model for culturally adapting cognitive tests, one step of which is to assess the quality of any translation and cultural adaptation undertaken. We developed the Manchester Translation Evaluation Checklist (MTEC) to act as a tool for quality assessment and demonstrated its use by assessing a popular cognitive test that had been adapted.

Aims

Assess quality of the translation and cultural adaptation of the Urdu Mini-Mental State Examination developed for a Pakistani popula

SUBMITTER: Mirza N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9798223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature