title: Normative data for a brief neuropsychological battery administered to English- and Spanish-speaking community-dwelling elders.
abstract: The use of neuropsychological tests in non-English-speaking populations and among those with less education has been limited because most tests have been standardized for English-speaking populations with relatively high levels of education. In effort to establish norms, a battery of neuropsychological tests was administered, in either English or Spanish, to 995 normal elders with a wide range of educational attainment, residing in the community of Washington Heights-Inwood in northern Manhattan. Results indicate that age, education, and language all influence test performance and should be considered when evaluating neuropsychological measures.
authors.affiliation: Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stricks
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pittman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009519:New York City; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*