Normative Data for a Spanish Version of the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test in Older People

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Ortiz Marqués ◽  
Imanol Amayra Caro ◽  
Juan M. Uterga Valiente ◽  
Silvia Martínez Rodríguez

AbstractThe Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test is an easy to administer test that assesses many memory domains and is, therefore, widely used in the area of clinical neuropsychology. The purpose of this study was to provide normative data for an elderly population living in Spain. The sample of this study was comprised of 156 volunteers over 60 years of age, which were grouped into six different age groups. These groups comprised of 10 participants between the ages of 61and 65 in the first group, 23 participants (66–70) in the second, 28 participants (71–75) in the third, 35 participants (76–80) in the fourth, 32 participants (81–85)in the fifth and 28 participants (86–95) in the sixth group. Demographic data were collected and means, deviations, and ranges of all the measures were evaluated. Normative data were calculated from the percentiles, and then converted into age-corrected scaled scores with a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 3.

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helenice Charchat Fichman ◽  
Luciana Brooking Teresa Dias ◽  
Conceição Santos Fernandes ◽  
Roberto Lourenço ◽  
Paulo Caramelli ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz ◽  
Viviani Antunes Parreira Lasmar ◽  
Lenice de Sena Rabelo Gazinelli ◽  
Daniel Fuentes ◽  
João Vinícius Salgado

OBJECTIVE: The Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test is a widely recognized test in neuropsychological literature to evaluate learning and memory. This paper presents the performance of six age groups of Brazilian elderly on the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test. METHOD: A version of the test was developed with a list of high-frequency one-syllable and two-syllable concrete Portuguese substantives. Two hundred and twenty-three subjects of both genders were allocated to 6 age groups (60-64, 65-69; 70-74; 75-79; 80-84 and 85-89 years old) and tested with the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test. RESULTS: Educational level and age had a positive and a negative correlation, respectively, with performance on the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test. Women performed significantly better than men. Our results were similar to those found for the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test English version, across similar age ranges. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that the Brazilian Portuguese Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test adaptation was adequate and applicable for evaluating the memory capacity of Brazilian subjects, across similar age and educational levels.


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