Normative data for the Dementia Rating Scale-2 in the French-Quebec population.
The Dementia Rating Scale-2 is used to measure cognitive status of adults with cognitive impairment, especially of the degenerative type, by assessing five cognitive functions, namely attention, initiation/perseveration, construction, conceptualization, and memory. The present study aimed to establish normative data for this test in the elderly French-Quebec population. A total of 432 French-speaking elders from the province of Quebec (Canada), aged 50 to 85 years, were administered the Dementia Rating Scale-2. Age and education were found to be associated with the total score on the test, while gender was not. Percentile ranks were then calculated for age- and education-stratified groups. Previous studies have shown that cultural background can affect performance on the DRS and the development of culture-specific norms for French-speaking Quebecers could be very useful to clinicians and researchers working with this population.
a Département de réadaptation , Université Laval , Québec , Canada.
Monica
M
Lavoie
Brandy
B
Callahan
Sylvie
S
Belleville
Martine
M
Simard
Nathalie
N
Bier
Lise
L
Gagnon
Jean-François
JF
Gagnon
Sophie
S
Blanchet
Olivier
O
Potvin
Carol
C
Hudon
Joël
J
Macoir
D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D001288:Attention; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003210:Concept Formation; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011792:Quebec; D012016:Reference Values