title: Normative study of the Stroop Color and Word Test in an educationally diverse elderly population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of demographic variables on Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT) performance in an educationally diverse elderly population and to provide normative information.
  
  
  METHODS
  SCWT was administered to 564 community-dwelling volunteers aged 60-90 years with an educational history of from zero to 25 years of full-time education. People with serious neurological, medical and psychiatric disorders (including dementia) were excluded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age, education and gender were found to be significantly associated with performance on all three pages of the SCWT. Based on the results obtained, SCWT norms were stratified by age (four overlapping tables), education (three strata), and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the present study, normative information on SCWT was obtained from an educationally diverse elderly population. SCWT would appear to be more useful in poorly educated elderly, and could be used in future cross-cultural comparisons of geriatric populations.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Hyun
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Dong Young
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Il Han
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: Shin Gyeom
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki Woong
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong Choul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: Jin Hyeong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jhoo
authors.forename: Jong Inn
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003119:Color Perception Tests; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012737:Sex Factors