Neurobehavioral tests have long been used to assess health effects in exposed working adult populations. The heightened concern over the potential impact of environmental exposures on neurological functioning in children has led to the development of test batteries for use with children. There is a need for reliable, easy-to-administer batteries to assess neurotoxic exposure in children. One such test battery previously validated with Spanish- and English-speaking children ages 4 and older, combines computerized tests from the Behavioral Assessment and Research System (BARS) with non-computerized tests. The goal of the present study was to determine the feasibility of using standardized neurobehavioral tests in preschool and school-aged Filipino children. Test instructions were translated into the vernacular, Tagalog or Tagalog-English ("Taglish") and some instructions and materials were modified to be appropriate for the target populations. The battery was administered to 4-6-year-old Filipino children (N=50). The performance of the Filipino children was compared to data previously collected from Spanish- and English-speaking children tested in the US. The majority of children had no difficulty completing the tests in the battery with the exception of the Symbol-Digit test and Digit Span-reverse. The three groups showed similar patterns of performance on the tests and the older children performed better than the younger children on all of the tests. The findings from this study demonstrate the utility of using this test battery to assess cognitive and motor performance in Filipino children. Tests in the battery assess a range of functions and the measures are sensitive to age differences. The current battery has been utilized in several cultures and socio-economic status classes, with only minor modifications needed. This study demonstrates the importance of pilot testing the methods before use in a new population, to ensure that the test is valid for that culture.

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神经行为测试长期以来一直被用来评估暴露在工作中的成年人的健康影响。人们越来越担心环境暴露对儿童神经功能的潜在影响,导致开发了用于儿童的测试电池。需要可靠,易于管理的电池来评估儿童的神经毒性暴露。一种这样的测试电池先前已与4岁及4岁以上的讲西班牙语和英语的儿童进行了验证,将行为评估和研究系统 (BARS) 的计算机测试与非计算机测试相结合。本研究的目的是确定在学龄前和学龄菲律宾儿童中使用标准化神经行为测试的可行性。测试说明已翻译成白话,他加禄语或他加禄语-英语 (“Taglish”),并修改了一些说明和材料以适合目标人群。电池是给4-6岁的菲律宾儿童 (N = 50) 的。将菲律宾儿童的表现与先前从在美国接受测试的讲西班牙语和英语的儿童收集的数据进行了比较。除了符号数字测试和数字跨度反向测试外,大多数孩子在电池中完成测试都没有困难。这三组在测试中表现出相似的表现模式,在所有测试中,年龄较大的孩子的表现均优于年龄较小的孩子。这项研究的结果证明了使用该测试电池评估菲律宾儿童的认知和运动表现的实用性。电池中的测试评估了一系列功能,并且这些措施对年龄差异敏感。当前的电池已用于多种文化和社会经济地位类别,仅需进行少量修改。这项研究证明了在新人群中使用之前对方法进行试点测试的重要性,以确保该测试对该文化有效。

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