Factor Structure and Internal Consistency of the Alzheimer's Disease Center's Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set Version 3: The Nigeria Sample
Valentine A Ucheagwu, Rita Nonyelum Ugokwe‐Joseph, Jesse Ossai, Chiamaka Odilora, Bruno Giordani · 2025
Read Factor Structure and Internal Consistency of the Alzheimer's Disease Center's Neuropsychological Test Battery in the Uniform Data Set Version 3: The Nigeria Sample by Valentine A Ucheagwu, Rita Nonyelum Ugokwe‐Joseph, Jesse Ossai, Chiamaka Odilora, Bruno Giordani (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11716761.txt.
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Valentine Ucheagwu and co-authors test a standard brain test battery in older adults in Nigeria, in a 2025 study. A shared test set is needed if dementia research in sub-Saharan Africa is to be compared with work elsewhere. No Nigerian study had checked the structure of this battery, which comes from United States Alzheimer centres, at two levels.
Close to three hundred and fifty adults aged sixty-five to eighty-five completed the battery. A first analysis pulled out four groups of tests, covering word skills, memory, visual space, and speed. A stricter second analysis fit better when word skill was split into working memory and language, giving five groups in all. Internal consistency of the test groups was moderate. The authors conclude the battery can measure those five domains in Nigerian older adults, supporting its use in regional dementia research.
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| CREATOR | Valentine A Ucheagwu, Rita Nonyelum Ugokwe‐Joseph, Jesse Ossai, Chiamaka Odilora, Bruno Giordani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |