• Miriam Hurtado-Pomares, Desirée Valera-Gran, Alicia Sánchez-Pérez, Paula Peral-Gómez, Eva-María Navarrete-Muñoz, and María-Carmen Terol-Cantero.
• Grupo de Investigación en Terapia Ocupacional (InTeO). Department of Pathology and Surgery, Miguel Hernandez University, Alicante, Spain.
• Med Clin (Barc). 2021 Mar 12; 156 (5): 229-232.

BackgroundThe Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) evaluates executive dysfunctions; however, there is no culturally adapted version of this instrument for the Spanish population. The aim of this study was the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the original version of the FAB into Spanish and to pilot test this version.MethodsThe cross-cultural adaptation was conducted following standard procedures. The final Spanish version of the FAB (FAB-E) was pilot tested with 19 healthy Spanish individuals. Total and subtest FAB-E scores were analysed to verify that the test could be understood and that the items assessed what they were intended to assess.ResultsThe FAB-E revealed that items/instructions were culturally appropriate and written clearly. Pilot testing showed that most of the participants had scores ranging between 2 and 3 points in all the items. The mean of the total FAB-E was 15.8 (SD=1.3) and the values ranged from 13 to 18. Age and educational level seemed to indicate differences in FAB-E scores.ConclusionOur findings support that the FAB-E can be used to screen for executive dysfunctions in a Spanish-speaking population.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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