title: Mayo's Older African Americans Normative Studies: WMS-R norms for African American elders.
abstract: Norms for African American elders on the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) were derived from a sample of 309 community-dwelling individuals participating in Mayo's Older African Americans Normative Studies (MOAANS). Normative estimates are provided for traditional WMS-R subtest scores and for supplemental procedures to evaluate forgetting rates and recognition memory. Tables are provided to convert raw WMS-R subtest and supplemental scores to age-corrected scaled scores. These may be further adjusted for years of education, if desired, by applying regression-based corrections. We anticipate that these data will enhance the diagnostic utility and clinical interpretation of WMS-R performance in older African Americans.
authors: Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. jlucas@mayo.edu
authors: John A
authors: JA
authors: Lucas
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Ivnik
authors: Glenn E
authors: GE
authors: Smith
authors: Tanis J
authors: TJ
authors: Ferman
authors: Floyd B
authors: FB
authors: Willis
authors: Ronald C
authors: RC
authors: Petersen
authors: Neill R
authors: NR
authors: Graff-Radford
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*