Semantic Verbal Fluency: Normative Data in Older Spanish Adults From NEDICES Population-Based Cohort.

Authors :: Contador I
Almondes K
Fernández-Calvo B
Boycheva E
Puertas-Martín V
Benito-León J
Bermejo-Pareja F
Source :: Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists [Arch Clin Neuropsychol] 2016 Dec 01; Vol. 31 (8), pp. 954-962.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Objective: We aimed to provide the normative data stratified by age, sex and educational attainment for two semantic categories (animal and fruits) in older Spanish adults.<br />Method: A representative sample of 2,744 non-demented older individuals with different socioeconomic background was selected from the Neurological Disorders in Central Spain (NEDICES), a population-based study. Normative data are presented in percentile ranks and divided into four age-tables with different midpoints, using the overlapping interval procedure.<br />Results: Correlation analyses showed that age, education and sex influence significantly the scores in both semantic tasks. Normative data presented here covered two urban (Margaritas & Lista) and one rural areas (Arévalo).<br />Conclusion: These norms may provide useful data for screening cognitive impairment more accurately in Spanish older adults.<br /> (© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1873-5843
Volume :: 31
Issue :: 8
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 27600449
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acw071

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