PMID- 21425108
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110714
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1576-6578 (Electronic)
IS  - 0210-0010 (Linking)
VI  - 52
IP  - 7
DP  - 2011 Apr 1
TI  - [Prefrontal symptoms assessment: psychometric properties and normative data of 
      the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) in a sample from the Spanish population].
PG  - 394-404
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Research on the deficits derived from alterations in the prefrontal 
      circuits has been conducted almost exclusively from a categorical perspective, 
      which differentiates normal from pathological functioning. The functioning of the 
      prefrontal cortex, however, can be seen as a continuous dimension. The 
      Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) was created with the intention of being useful 
      as a qualitative measure of the symptoms of 'dysexecutive syndrome' in day-to-day 
      life. AIM. To explore the psychometric properties of the self-reported DEX in a 
      broad sample of the non-clinical population with a view to providing 
      interpretations that can be of use in clinical practice. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 
      The Spanish version of the DEX was administered to 1013 non-clinical individuals 
      living in Madrid, Saragossa, Asturias, Navarre and Seville (380 males and 633 
      females). RESULTS: The factorial study conducted in parallel reveals the 
      existence of two factors with adequate consistency and internal validity indices: 
      items that explore difficulties in beginning, maintaining and organising 
      behaviour (disorganisation/apathy) and items related with the interruption of 
      behaviour in situations where it is inappropriate (disinhibition/impulsivity). 
      The distribution according to age matches the developmental premises. The 
      following cut-off points are proposed: < 10, optimal functioning; 10-18, 
      sub-optimal functioning within normality; 19-28, moderately dysexecutive 
      functioning that requires identification of the possible causes, and > 28, 
      important degree of dysexecutive disorder that would include severe pathologies. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The DEX may be useful as an instrument for detecting subjects with 
      demonstrable brain disorders and those with deficient executive functioning 
      without the presence of any known or identifiable pathology.
FAU - Pedrero-Perez, Eduardo J
AU  - Pedrero-Perez EJ
AD  - Centro de Atencion a Drogodependientes (CAD 4), Madrid, Espana. 
      ejpedrero@yahoo.es
FAU - Ruiz-Sanchez de Leon, Jose M
AU  - Ruiz-Sanchez de Leon JM
FAU - Lozoya-Delgado, Paz
AU  - Lozoya-Delgado P
FAU - Llanero-Luque, Marcos
AU  - Llanero-Luque M
FAU - Rojo-Mota, Gloria
AU  - Rojo-Mota G
FAU - Puerta-Garcia, Carmen
AU  - Puerta-Garcia C
LA  - spa
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Evaluacion de los sintomas prefrontales: propiedades psicometricas y datos 
      normativos del cuestionario disejecutivo (DEX) en una muestra de poblacion 
      espanola.
PL  - Spain
TA  - Rev Neurol
JT  - Revista de neurologia
JID - 7706841
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cognition Disorders/diagnosis/*physiopathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Language
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Neuropsychological Tests/standards/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Prefrontal Cortex/*physiology/*physiopathology
MH  - *Psychometrics/standards/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Spain
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/03/23 06:00
MHDA- 2011/07/16 06:00
CRDT- 2011/03/23 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/03/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/07/16 06:00 [medline]
AID - rn2010731 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Neurol. 2011 Apr 1;52(7):394-404.