title: Selective Reminding Test: demographic predictors of performance and normative data for the Greek population.
abstract: The Buschke Selective Reminding Test (SRT) measures verbal learning and memory during a multiple-trial list-learning task, which allows for analysis of encoding, storage, and retrieval data. This study of 443 healthy participants (ages 18 to 83 years with 3 to 18 years of education) presents normative data for the Greek population. Statistical analysis indicated that age and educational level were correlated with all the variables as well as sex, although to a considerably lesser extent. Performance on most of the measures decreased with increasing age and lower education, whereas sex differences favored women over men. Based on these results, the sample was stratified into six age groups and three levels of education, with mean and standard deviation for each group. Current norms for the Selective Reminding Test represent a useful neuropsychological tool in clinical practice for patients with memory dysfunction, irrespective of etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National University of Athens, Aeginition Hospital, 72-74 Vas Sofias av., 11528 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zalonis
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kararizou
authors.forename: Fotini
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Christidi
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kapaki
authors.forename: Nikos I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Triantafyllou
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varsou
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Typaldou
authors.forename: Georgios P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Paraskevas
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vassilopoulos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D004522:Educational Status; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D014175:Translating; D014706:Verbal Learning