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Preliminary Validation of the Triana Test: A New Story Recall Test Based on Emotional Material
Andrea Luque-Tirado1, Silvia Rodrigo-Herrero2, María Bernal Sánchez-Arjona1
1Memory Unit, 16885Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain.
Objective:
To first validate the diagnostic accuracy of the "Triana Test," a new story recall test based on emotional material.
Method:
A phase I study of validation. We included 55 patients with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and 69 healthy controls, diagnosed according to the "Memory Associative Test of the district of Seine-Saint-Denis" (TMA-93), and matched by age, gender, and educational level. The Triana Test's diagnostic accuracy was calculated by ROC curve analysis and Spearman correlations estimated its convergent validity with a hippocampal memory test, the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test with Immediate Recall (FCSRT+IR).
Results:
The "Triana Test" immediate and delayed recalls showed adequate diagnostic accuracy (AUC ≥ 0,74). The delayed free recall showed the highest diagnostic accuracy (AUC = 0.86). Correlations with the FCSRT+IR were moderate to strong.
Conclusions:
The "Triana Test" demonstrated accuracy for discriminating amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment patients from healthy controls and convergent validity with the FCSRT+IR.
