Validez de instrumentos neuropsicológicos utilizados en el sistema de salud público chileno. Una revisión sistemática.

Currently, the Chilean National Health Fund (FONASA) considers 21 neuropsychological evaluation instruments, which provide information supporting diagnosing and managing a patient with neurocognitive needs. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the quality of the evidence available for the use of neuropsychological assessment instruments that are part of the FONASA benefits. For this, a systematic review was carried out based on the Prisma Scoping Review format, searching the WOS and Scielo databases, gray literature databases such as the Red de Repositores Latinoamericanos, Federated Network of Institutional Repositories of Scientific Publications. 14 studies were found, corresponding to 10 instruments considered by FONASA: ACE-R, BNT, FCRST, MMSE, MOCA, NPI-Q, ROCF, RPM, VFT, and WAIS-IV. The instruments address the following cognitive areas: intellectual capacity, general cognitive aspects associated with screening for cognitive disorders and dementia, executive functioning and language, executive functioning and visual perception, and language development or disorders. However, the studies present limitations regarding the cultural adaptation of the Chilean population's geographic, socioeconomic, and age diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]