The Adaptation of Neuropsychological Test Adaptation: A Pilot Study for Memory Subtest

Current studies of neuropsychology have been widely developed in various countries. neuropsychological assessment requires valid and reliable neuropsychological testing tools. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, neuropsychological assessment has not been widely available nor adapted. This study is a part of a longitudinal study to adapt neuropsychological tests into Indonesian norms, particularly in Memory domains, namely Digit Span Forward (DSF), Digit Span Backward (DSB) and Digit Span Sequence (DSS); symbol range, Visual Reproduction; Auditory Verbal Learning. The subjects of this pilot study were 219 (two hundred and nineteen) healthy adults with age range from of 18 to 64 years. Subjects were selected randomly with some initial criteria for detecting the presence or absence of cognitive dysfunction. This research uses quantitative descriptive analysis model, to determine the difficulty level of each test items, and the results are shown using percentage of difficulty level of each item based on memory ability of respondents