title: Spanish multicenter normative studies (Neuronorma project): norms for the abbreviated Barcelona Test.
abstract: The abbreviated Barcelona Test (a-BT) is an instrument widely used in Spain and Latin American countries for general neuropsychological assessment. The purpose of the present study was to provide new norms for the a-BT as part of the Neuronorma project. The sample consisted of 346 healthy controls. Overlapping cell procedure and midpoint techniques were applied to develop the normative data. Age, education, and sex influences were studied. Results indicated that although age and education affected the score on this test, sex did not. Raw scores were transformed to age-adjusted scaled scores (SS(A)) based on percentile ranks. These SS(A) were also converted into age-education scaled scores using a linear regression model. Norms were presented on age-education scaled scores. Also, the a-BT cognitive profile was presented and should prove to be clinically useful for interpretation. These co-normed data will allow clinicians to compare scores from a-BT with all the tests included in the Neuronorma project.
authors.affiliation: Group of Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychopharmacology Program, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peña-Casanova
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Benavides
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Langohr
authors.forename: Rosa M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Manero
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: Dolors
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Badenes
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Molinuevo
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robles
authors.forename: María Sagrario
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Barquero
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antúnez
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Parra
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frank-García
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blesa
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology