title: Normative data for the Rappel libre/Rappel indicé à 16 items (16-item Free and Cued Recall) in the elderly Quebec-French population.
abstract: Performance on verbal memory tests is generally associated with socio-demographic variables such as age, sex, and education level. Performance also varies between different cultural groups. The present study aimed to establish normative data for the Rappel libre/Rappel indicé à 16 items (16-item Free and Cued Recall; RL/RI-16), a French adaptation of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (Buschke, 1984; Grober, Buschke, Crystal, Bang, & Dresner, 1988). The sample consisted of 566 healthy French-speaking older adults (50-88 years old) from the province of Quebec, Canada. Normative data for the RL/RI-16 were derived from 80% of the total sample (normative sample) and cross-validated using the remaining participants (20%; validation sample). The effects of participants' age, sex, and education level were assessed on different indices of memory performance. Results indicated that these variables were independently associated with performance. Normative data are presented as regression equations with standard deviations (symmetric distributions) and percentiles (asymmetric distributions).
authors.affiliation: a Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec , Québec (QC) , Canada.
authors.forename: Mélissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Potvin
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belleville
authors.forename: Guylaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferland
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bherer
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joubert
authors.forename: Guillaume T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Vallet
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simard
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rouleau
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macoir
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hudon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003463:Cues; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011792:Quebec
keywords: Episodic memory; French Canadian; Neuropsychological tests; Normative data; Older adults; Percentiles; Quebec.; Regressions; Word-list learning