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  • This study assessed the effectiveness of the TOMM 2 test among Spanish-speaking adults in Spain, involving 203 cognitively healthy participants.
  • All participants scored within the acceptable range when using the original TOMM cutoff scores, with only one individual potentially misclassified as having invalid performance under a lower threshold.
  • Results showed that Spanish adults performed better on Trial 1 than their English-speaking counterparts, indicating that the TOMM 2 maintains a high level of performance validity and specificity for this demographic.

Article Abstract

This study evaluated the universality of the TOMM 2 and provided a reference sample of cognitively intact adults living in Spain whose native language was Spanish. A total of 203 adults completed the TOMM 2 from June 2019 to January 2020. When using the original TOMM cutoff scores derived from English speakers, all participants scored in a range that would suggest that they passed the TOMM. When using a cut score less than 40 on Trial 1, only one participant in this study would be mistakenly classified as providing an invalid performance. Spanish-speaking adults in Spain from this study achieved a perfect score on Trial 1 at a rate more than double that of English-speaking individuals on the original TOMM. At the item level, all but one item met the minimum standard for performance validity; this item fell only marginally below the standard at 89%. This study found a very low failure rate for the TOMM 2, suggesting that the second edition has at least as high specificity as the original in Spanish adults.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2024.2421450DOI Listing

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