(MDPI, 2022) Núñez Fernández, Silvia; Rivera, Diego; Arroyo-Anlló, Eva María; Ortiz Jiménez, Xóchitl Angélica; Camino-Pontes, Borja; Salinas Martínez, Ricardo; Arango Lasprilla, Juan Carlos; Ciencias de la Salud; Osasun Zientziak
To our knowledge, this is the first study reported in the literature that has validated the
Norma Latina Battery in a population of people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in Mexico. The
objective of the study was to determine the discriminant validity of the Norma Latina Battery in
a group of Mexican individuals with AD and a group of heathy controls (HC). The Norma Latina
Battery was administered to 234 Mexican participants (117 HC and 117 individuals with AD). Results
show that: (1) the Norma Latina Battery has high discriminative capacity between groups in all
domains; (2) participants with AD presented worse scores in each of the cognitive domains compared
to the HC and a greater number of low scores in each of the established thresholds or cut-off points;
and finally, (3) the Norma Latina Battery had optimal sensitivity and specificity, especially when a set
was observed ≥5 scores below the 10th percentile or ≥4 scores below the 5th percentile. In conclusion,
it is recommended that both clinicians and researchers use this battery in the evaluation of Mexican
people with AD to better understand the prognosis of the disease and its subsequent treatment.
