Psychometric properties and reference data for Danish versions of Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test, Category Cued Memory Test and Logical Memory

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 496-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmus Vogel ◽  
Jette Stokholm ◽  
Rikke Andreasen ◽  
Bodil Dahl Henriksen ◽  
Vibeke Brønniche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Logical Memory ◽  
Selective Reminding ◽  
Test Category ◽  
Selective Reminding Test

scholarly journals Enhancing the Sensitivity of Memory Tests: Reference Data for the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test and the Logical Memory Task from Cognitively Healthy Subjects with Normal Alzheimer’s Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker Levels

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Anna Brugulat-Serrat ◽  
Alba Cañas ◽  
Lidia Canals ◽  
Paula Marne ◽  
Nina Gramunt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Logical Memory ◽  
Amyloid A ◽  
Selective Reminding ◽  
Selective Reminding Test

Background: Cognitive performance of a given individual should be interpreted in the context of reference standards obtained in cognitively healthy populations. Recent evidence has shown that removing asymptomatic individuals with biomarker evidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology from normative samples increases the sensitivity of norms to detect memory impairments. These kind of norms may be useful for defining subtle cognitive decline, the transitional cognitive decline between normal cognition and mild cognitive impairment. Objective: The present study aims to provide norms for the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) and the Logical Memory subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV in a sample of individuals aged 50–70 years with normal levels of amyloid (A) and tau (T) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers. Methods: The sample was composed of 248 individuals from the ALFA+ study with negative amyloid-β and tau CSF biomarker levels. Regression-based norms were developed, including adjustments for age, education, and sex when applicable. Results: We found that education was associated with the performance in all the variables of both tests while age had a marginal effect only in the delayed free recall of the FCSRT. Sex was also related to the performance in the FCSRT, with women outperforming men. Equations to calculate z-scores and normative percentile tables were created. As compared with previously published norms the reference data presented were more sensitive but less specific, as expected. Conclusion: The use of the norms provided in this work, in combination with the already published conventional norms, may contribute to detecting subtle memory impairment.

The TMA-93: A New Memory Test for Alzheimer’s Disease in Illiterate and Less Educated People

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 461-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Maillet ◽  
Pauline Narme ◽  
Hélène Amieva ◽  
Fanny Matharan ◽  
Olivier Bailon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Selective Reminding ◽  
Selective Reminding Test

The present study aimed at validating the Memory Associative Test of the district of Seine-Saint-Denis (TMA)-93, a new test of episodic memory. The TMA-93 was proposed to mostly less educated and multicultural elderly population composed of 376 healthy controls (HC) and 94 patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The construct validity was checked by studying correlations with a widely used memory test (the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test [FCSRT]) in the subsample of literate patients. Results showed that (i) all the TMA-93 scores of the patients with AD were lower than those of the HC, (ii) the TMA-93 total score identified patients with AD with a high sensitivity (88%) and very high specificity (97%), and (iii) the TMA-93 total score was strongly correlated with both free recall and total recall scores of the FCSRT. Taken together, results showed that the TMA-93 is a reliable tool to assess episodic memory in a multicultural, less educated, or illiterate population, with good construct validity for AD diagnostic accuracy.

Clausal Density Between Ages 4 and 9 Years for the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument: Reference Data and Psychometric Properties

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Ling-Yu Guo ◽  
Phyllis Schneider ◽  
William Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Reference Data ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Likelihood Ratios ◽  
Generation Task ◽  
Sensitivity Specificity

Purpose This study provided reference data and examined psychometric properties for clausal density (CD; i.e., number of clauses per utterance) in children between ages 4 and 9 years from the database of the Edmonton Narrative Norms Instrument (ENNI). Method Participants in the ENNI database included 300 children with typical language (TL) and 77 children with language impairment (LI) between the ages of 4;0 (years;months) and 9;11. Narrative samples were collected using a story generation task, in which children were asked to tell stories based on six picture sequences. CD was computed from the narrative samples. The split-half reliability, concurrent criterion validity, and diagnostic accuracy were evaluated for CD by age. Results CD scores increased significantly between ages 4 and 9 years in children with TL and those with LI. Children with TL produced higher CD scores than those with LI at each age level. In addition, the correlation coefficients for the split-half reliability and concurrent criterion validity of CD scores were all significant at each age level, with the magnitude ranging from small to large. The diagnostic accuracy of CD scores, as revealed by sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios, was poor. Conclusions The finding on diagnostic accuracy did not support the use of CD for identifying children with LI between ages 4 and 9 years. However, given the attested reliability and validity for CD, reference data of CD from the ENNI database can be used for evaluating children's difficulties with complex syntax and monitoring their change over time. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.13172129

Comparison of Neuropsychological Assessment by Videoconference and Face to Face

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Richard Gnassounou ◽  
Bénédicte Defontaines ◽  
Séverine Denolle ◽  
Stéphanie Brun ◽  
Raphaël Germain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neuropsychological Assessment ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Complex Figure ◽  
Selective Reminding ◽  
Trail Making ◽  
Neuropsychological Assessments ◽  
Figure Test ◽  
Selective Reminding Test

Abstract Objective: To compare the administration of neuropsychological tests by teleneuropsychology (TeleNP) and face to face (F-F) in order to determine the feasibility and reliability of TeleNP. Method: At the inclusion visit, all participants underwent a traditional F-F neuropsychological assessment as part of their standard care. Four months after inclusion, they were randomized to undergo an additional neuropsychological assessment either by F-F administration or by TeleNP. Results: A total of 150 adults with cognitive complaints, but with no major cognitive or sensorial impairment were included. At 4 months, 69 participants were randomized in the F-F arm and 71 in TeleNP arm (10 lost in the follow-up). The overall satisfaction was high: 87.1% in the TeleNP arm were “very satisfied”, and 82.9% indicated no preference between F-F and TeleNP. In agreement with previous data from the literature, neuropsychological assessments gave similar results across both administration conditions for a large majority of tests [Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) French version, Mahieux gestural praxis battery, Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), time of completion of the Trail making Test (TMT) A and B, number of errors of the TMT B, Rey complex figure test, categorical et phonological verbal fluency tests] and minor differences for others [80-picture naming test (DO-80), FAB, Digit Span forward and backward and number of errors in the TMT A]. Conclusions: TeleNP is a promising method to be able to test patients as an alternative to F-F condition. Before this procedure can be generalized, it is now necessary to standardize the adaptation of certain tests and to test them in populations with more significant cognitive disorders.

Psychiatric Norms for the Rey 15-Item Visual Memory Test

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1331-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ray Hays ◽  
Judith Emmons ◽  
Karen A. Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Cognitive Component

The 15-item Visual Memory Test was proposed by Rey in 1964 as a measure of malingering of visual memory. Among psychiatric patients the task has a significant cognitive component, with IQ accounting for 37% of the variance in scores ( r = .60). Any interpretation of scores on this task should be ability-based. Such ability-based norms are provided in this study of psychiatric patients ( N = 300). Use of a single cut-off score to indicate malingering or any other interpretation is inappropriate given the psychometric properties of the task. In the assessment of immediate visual memory the task has some utility, which is greatly enhanced with the use of ability-based norms.

scholarly journals Association of Crossword Puzzle Participation with Memory Decline in Persons Who Develop Dementia

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1006-1013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagan A. Pillai ◽  
Charles B. Hall ◽  
Dennis W. Dickson ◽  
Herman Buschke ◽  
Richard B. Lipton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Cognitive Assessments ◽  
Crossword Puzzle ◽  
Memory Decline ◽  
Delayed Onset ◽  
Selective Reminding ◽  
Aging Study ◽  
Wide Availability ◽  
Selective Reminding Test ◽  
Crossword Puzzles

AbstractParticipation in cognitively stimulating leisure activities such as crossword puzzles may delay onset of the memory decline in the preclinical stages of dementia, possibly via its effect on improving cognitive reserve. We followed 488 initially cognitively intact community residing individuals with clinical and cognitive assessments every 12–18 months in the Bronx Aging Study. We assessed the influence of crossword puzzle participation on the onset of accelerated memory decline as measured by the Buschke Selective Reminding Test in 101 individuals who developed incident dementia using a change point model. Crossword puzzle participation at baseline delayed onset of accelerated memory decline by 2.54 years. Inclusion of education or participation in other cognitively stimulating activities did not significantly add to the fit of the model beyond the effect of puzzles. Our findings show that late life crossword puzzle participation, independent of education, was associated with delayed onset of memory decline in persons who developed dementia. Given the wide availability and accessibility of crossword puzzles, their role in preventing cognitive decline should be validated in future clinical trials. (JINS, 2011, 17, 1006–1013)

Selective Reminding Test

2018 ◽  
pp. 3112-3114
Author(s):  
Kate D. Randall ◽  
Kimberly A. Kerns
Keyword(s):  
Selective Reminding ◽  
Selective Reminding Test
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