Relationship between the Brazilian version of the Montreal-Toulouse language assessment battery and education, age and reading and writing characteristics. A cross-sectional study

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Karina Carlesso Pagliarin¹  Gigiane Gindri¹  Karin Zazo Ortiz¹  Maria Alice Mattos Pimenta Parente¹  Yves Joanette¹  Jean-luc Nespoulous¹  Rochele Paz Fonseca¹ 

关键词: Language tests;    Educational status;    Age factors;    Aphasia;    Adult;    Testes de linguagem;    Escolaridade;    Fatores etários;    Afasia;    Adulto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1516-3180.2014.8461610

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: There is growing concern about understanding how sociodemographic variables may interfere with cognitive functioning, especially with regard to language. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between performance in the Brazilian version of the Montreal-Toulouse language assessment battery (MTL-BR) and education, age and frequency of reading and writing habits (FRWH).DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted in university and work environments in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.METHOD: The MTL-BR was administered to a group of 233 healthy adults, aged 19 to 75 years (mean = 45.04, standard deviation, SD = 15.47), with at least five years of formal education (mean = 11.47, SD = 4.77).RESULTS: A stepwise multiple linear regression model showed that, for most tasks, the number of years of education, age and FRWH were better predictors of performance when analyzed together rather than separately. In separate analysis, education was the best predictor of performance in language tasks, especially those involving reading and writing abilities.CONCLUSION: The results suggested that the number of years of education, age and FRWH seem to influence performance in the MTL-BR, especially education. These data are important for making diagnoses of greater precision among patients suffering from brain injuries, with the aim of avoiding false positives.

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