No entanto, a validade cultural deste teste, particularmente na população idosa indiana, não está bem estabelecida. É um teste portátil, relativamente livre de cultura e frequentemente usado. O teste de span de dígitos é amplamente utilizado para avaliar a atenção e a memória de trabalho. However, its usefulness and ecological validity is questionable for those with low education and low literacy, warranting future research.ĭigit span working memory span task older adults Our study clearly demonstrates that the digit span test can be useful for educated participants. Participants with low education often struggled with the digit span test and resorted to guessing the digits. The results indicated that participants with higher educational level performed significantly better than low-educated participants on the digit span test. All study participants were screened using a semi-structured interview schedule, the modified MINI Screen, the Indian version of the Mini-Mental State Examination, a measure of activities of daily living and the digit span test administered verbally. Two hundred and fifty-eight community-dwelling healthy normal older adults formed the sample of this study.

This study explores the usefulness of the digit span test for Indian older adults with different levels of education. However, the cultural validity of this test, particularly in the Indian older population, is not well established. It is a portable, relatively culture-free and frequently used test. The digit span test is widely used to assess attention and working memory.

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