title: Facial recognition test in the elderly: norms, reliability and premorbid estimation.
abstract: The Facial Recognition Test (Benton, Hamsher, Varney, & Spreen, 1983; Benton, Sivan, Hamsher, Varney, & Spreen, 1994) was examined in an age-, education- and gender-stratified sample of 346 healthy older adults. Internal consistency reliability estimates were.72 for the Long Form (FRLF),.53 for the Short Form, and.69 for a new short form. Mean FRLF scores did not change over a 1-year interval (p >.5), and the stability estimate was.71 (n = 100). The first of the methods below yielded the highest correlation between estimated and obtained FRLF scores in cross-validation (n = 67): (1) multiple regression based on oral reading and demographics, (2) multiple regression based on age, education and gender, and (3) mean scores by age group.
authors: Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. christensen.kathy@minneapolis.va.gov
authors: Kathy J
authors: KJ
authors: Christensen
authors: Brigid E
authors: BE
authors: Riley
authors: Kathryn A
authors: KA
authors: Heffernan
authors: Susan B
authors: SB
authors: Love
authors: Mary E
authors: ME
authors: McLaughlin Sta  Maria
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results