TY - JOUR
T1 - The MATRICS consensus Cognitive battery (MCCB)
T2 - Co-norming and standardization in Spain
AU - Rodriguez-Jimenez, R.
AU - Bagney, A.
AU - Garcia-Navarro, C.
AU - Aparicio, A. I.
AU - Lopez-Anton, R.
AU - Moreno-Ortega, M.
AU - Jimenez-Arriero, M. A.
AU - Santos, J. L.
AU - Lobo, A.
AU - Kern, R. S.
AU - Green, M. F.
AU - Nuechterlein, K. H.
AU - Palomo, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by grant PI080514 (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, FIS) and by the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB), developed by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) initiative, has been recommended as the standard battery for clinical trials of cognition-enhancing interventions for schizophrenia. Normative data for the MCCB has been previously obtained in the U.S. Extrapolation of these normative data to different countries may be problematic due to the translation of the different tests, as well as potential cultural influences. We present the process of obtaining normative data for the MCCB in Spain with administration of the battery to a general community standardization sample. In addition, we examine the influence of age, gender, and educational level on test performance. The MCCB was administered to a total sample of 210 healthy volunteers, at three Spanish sites. For each site, recruitment of the sample was stratified according to age, gender, and educational level. Our findings indicate significant age, gender, and education effects on the normative data for the MCCB in Spain, which are comparable to those effects described for the original standardized English version in the U.S. The fact that the normative data are comparable, and that the variables age, gender, and education have a similar influence on performance, supports the robustness of the MCCB for use in different countries.
AB - The MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB), developed by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS) initiative, has been recommended as the standard battery for clinical trials of cognition-enhancing interventions for schizophrenia. Normative data for the MCCB has been previously obtained in the U.S. Extrapolation of these normative data to different countries may be problematic due to the translation of the different tests, as well as potential cultural influences. We present the process of obtaining normative data for the MCCB in Spain with administration of the battery to a general community standardization sample. In addition, we examine the influence of age, gender, and educational level on test performance. The MCCB was administered to a total sample of 210 healthy volunteers, at three Spanish sites. For each site, recruitment of the sample was stratified according to age, gender, and educational level. Our findings indicate significant age, gender, and education effects on the normative data for the MCCB in Spain, which are comparable to those effects described for the original standardized English version in the U.S. The fact that the normative data are comparable, and that the variables age, gender, and education have a similar influence on performance, supports the robustness of the MCCB for use in different countries.
KW - Cognition
KW - MATRICS
KW - MCCB
KW - Schizophrenia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856283676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.schres.2011.11.026
DO - 10.1016/j.schres.2011.11.026
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C2 - 22192501
AN - SCOPUS:84856283676
SN - 0920-9964
VL - 134
SP - 279
EP - 284
JO - Schizophrenia Research
JF - Schizophrenia Research
IS - 2-3
ER -
