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Introduction: The global burden of dementia will continue to increase and Latin America will be one of the most affected regions. It is urgent to have new and better cognitive screening tools. There are few screenings composed entirely of auditory-verbal items and even more so for Argentine culture. The objective was to build and validate a test for verbal auditory screening of cognitive alterations (CAVAC) in Argentina., Subjects and Methods: Evidence based in test content was analyzed through 16 experts collaborated. In addition, evidence based on relationships to other variables, internal consistency and the ability to discriminate between cognitively healthy subjects, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia were investigated. The CAVAC was applied to 316 Argentines (M age = 68,5). Volunteers from the general population and patients from neurology services from two Argentine hospitals participated., Results: The CAVAC test explores orientation/attention, memory/learning, language and executive functions, and is administered in 10 minutes with a score of 0 to 30. Aiken's V coefficient was satisfactory for all items. The CAVAC achieved a high correlation with the Mini Mental (0.762) and an acceptable Cronbach's alpha (0.746). The CAVAC score differs between controls, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, and the ROC curves reveal adequate area values ??to discriminate MCI and dementia (>0.7), and cut-off points with good sensitivity-specificity., Conclusions: A new auditory-verbal test is made available for the screening of cognitive alterations with acceptable evidence of validity, good reliability, with the capacity to identify MCI and dementia, and free of charge for use.

This article describes the organization, operation, and contents of the Virtual Historical Archive of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The organization of this archive started in 2008, as part of the activities planned by the Chair II of History of Psychology, and gained the support of the Faculty of Psychology. From its beginnings to the present, several documentary sources and materials related to the history of psychology in Argentina have been incorporated. It currently contains six thematic sections and three special collections, and it is expected that in the future it will be extended to other thematic areas. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the Scale of Fear of COVID-19 (FCV-19S) in a sample of 1,291 Argentines. The two-related factor structure of the FCV-19S had satisfactory goodness-of-fit indices using structural equation modeling and item response theory. Further results showed that the reliability was adequate, the factor structure was strictly invariable across age groups, and the model that evaluated the relationships between fear of COVID-19, anxiety, and depression had adequate goodness of fit indices as well. The results indicated that FCV-19S has strong psychometric properties to measure fear of COVID-19 in the general population of Argentina.

Unlabelled: Despite worldwide recommendations, the screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is not routinely performed in our country. Consequently, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate an immunological fecal occult blood test (FOBT)., Methods: We studied 332 average-risk patients (age over 50 years, asymptomatic, with no personal or family history of CRC) who consulted primary care-generalists from Buenos Aires. They were randomly assigned to screening with one (group I) or three (group II) samples of FOBT (OC-Hemodia). Colonoscopy and/or barium enema and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were indicated to patients with one or more positive samples., Results: 141 of 162 patients in group I (87.0%) and 142 of 170 patients in group II (83.5%) returned samples (NS). Three of 162 patients were tested positive in group I (1.8%) and 15 of 170 in group II (8.8%) (P = 0.005), with a global positivity of 5.4%. The colon was examined in 14 patients (77.8%) and 4 did not attend after repeated calls. Colonic study showed: CRC 1, adenomatous polyps 3, adenomatous polyps and hemorrhoids 1, diverticula 5, hemorrhoids 1, normal 2, intolerance 1. Upper endoscopy was performed in 9 patients: erosive gastritis 4, duodenal ulcer 1, normal 4. Both studies were normal in only 1 patient., Conclusions: 1) Immunological FOBT had a good compliance and an adequate positivity rate to be used in the screening for CRC. 2) Despite the use of an immunological test three samples are required to improve results. 3) Upper and lower gastrointestinal lesions, including CRC and polyps, were detected in almost all patients who were examined. 4) Our data justify the use of FOBT in wider population studies to assess its efficacy in the prevention of CRC.