Neupsilin-Inf in a Model of Brief Neuropsychological Assesment for Health Centers

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the use of NEUPSILIN-Inf in a model of brief neuropsychological assessment for children attending a helthcare service. The steps followed in the brief neuropsychological assessment model are waiting room, children’s group, and individual assessment. The analysis of this model’s efficacy in detecting cognitive deficits through NEUPSILIN-Inf was conducted by comparing the performance of 171 children with possible developmental disorders to 358 children from the normative sample of NEUPSILIN-Inf. The clinical group showed lower performance in all NEUPSILIN-Inf’s tasks. The set of data derived from the evaluation model can underlie diagnostic hypotheses, such as intellectual disabilities, learning disorders or specific language impairment. Taking into account the restrictive public care for children with possible developmental disorders, this model can be considered a cost-effective possibility to be accomplished by health centers in different Brazilian regions.

摘要 本研究旨在分析NEUPSILIN-Inf在针对就诊于医疗服务机构儿童的简短神经心理学评估模型中的应用价值。该模型的实施流程分为候诊室环节、儿童团体环节与个体评估三个部分。为探究该模型通过NEUPSILIN-Inf识别认知缺陷的效能，本研究将171名疑似发育障碍儿童的表现与NEUPSILIN-Inf常模样本中的358名儿童进行对照分析。结果显示，临床组在NEUPSILIN-Inf的所有任务中均表现欠佳。本评估模型所生成的数据集可为多项诊断假设提供依据，包括智力障碍、学习障碍或特定语言障碍。鉴于针对疑似发育障碍儿童的公共医疗资源供给受限，该模型可被视为巴西不同地区医疗中心可采用的一种具备成本效益的可行方案。