title: Odd/Even short forms of the Boston Naming Test: preliminary geriatric norms.
abstract: It has been suggested that the 30-item version of the Boston Naming Test (BNT), in which either the odd or even items from the standard 60-item test are given, is the most psychometrically sound short form. However, no normative data are available for this version. We administered the Odd/Even BNT to 30 community-dwelling elderly individuals (age M = 72.93, range 61-84; education M = 13.73) in order to collect normative data. Odd and even forms were equivalent. The combined mean total correct score was 27.13 (SD = 2.06), a score consistent with that derived by retrospective extraction in the original odd/even test construction study. Each form discriminated normals from age- and education-matched patients with probable Alzheimer's disease, suggesting criterion-related validity.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Research, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. nancy.fisher@swchsc.on.ca
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tierney
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Szalai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies