Normative data for a brief neuropsychological battery administered to English- and Spanish-speaking community-dwelling elders.
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.
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Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Pittman
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Jacobs
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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*