Category Verbal Fluency Test Performance in Chinese Elderly with Alzheimer’s Disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Hei Lim Mok ◽  
Linda Chiu Wa Lam ◽  
Helen Fung Kum Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Chinese Elderly ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
Fluency Test

IC-P-155: Reduced frontal oxygenation during a verbal fluency test in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (4S_Part_2) ◽  
pp. P62-P62
Author(s):  
Julia B.M. Langer ◽  
Martin Schecklmann ◽  
Thomas T. Polak ◽  
Christine Leonhard ◽  
Thomas Leitner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
Fluency Test

P2-026: Reduced frontal oxygenation during a verbal fluency test in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (4S_Part_9) ◽  
pp. P268-P269
Author(s):  
Julia B. M. Langer ◽  
Martin Schecklmann ◽  
Thomas T. Polak ◽  
Christine Leonhard ◽  
Thomas Leitner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
Fluency Test

scholarly journals Characteristics of verbal fluency in patients with a primary episode of bipolar affective disorder

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Bipolar Affective Disorder ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
Manic Symptoms ◽  
Fluency Test

A study was conducted using the verbal fluency test of 153 patients with a primary episode of bipolar affective disorder: with prevalence of depressive symptoms (44 men and 75 women), with prevalence of manic symptoms (15 men and 8 women), and with simultaneous presence of depressive symptoms and manic symptoms phase change (6 men and 5 women). Significant impairment of test performance in patients with depression with respect to phonetic and semantic verbal fluency was revealed: the average number of words per letter "K" per 60 sec. in all patients 14,1±2,7 words, in men – 13,8±3,1 words, in women - 14,3±2,4 words, on the letter "P" – 12,5±2,8 respectively words, 12.3±3.2 words, 12.6±2.6 words, "Male Names" – 13.1±2.6 words respectively, 12.8±3.0 words, 13.3±2,4 words; "Fruits / furniture" – 12.0±2.4 words, 11.9±2.8 words, 12.1±2.1 words. Deterioration in the performance of semantic and phonemic verbal fluency test reflects the state of bradypsychism inherent in patients with depressive variant, which manifests a slow thinking rate, difficulty concentrating attention, motor inhibition, deterioration of operational capacity, rapid exhaustion. In patients with a maniacal variant, the high speed of the test is offset by a large number of errors due to the chaotic mental activity, instability and scattering of attention, the difficulty of maintaining focus of attention: the indicators were respectively 21.7±5.7 words, 22.5±5.7 words, 20,3±6.0 words; 20.3±5.6 words, 21.1±5.5 words, 19.0±5.9 words; 20.5±5.4 words, 21.2±5.2 words, 19.1±5.7 words; 19.5±5.4 words, 20.2±5.2 words, 18.1±5.7 words. In patients with mixed variants, the indicators of verbal fluency are reduced due to the influence of complex polymorphic symptoms with rapid change of state: respectively 16.5±5.6 words, 18.2±6.1 words, 14.4±4.8 words; 14.5±5.4 words, 16.2±5.7 words, 12.4±4.8 words; 15.4±5.4 words, 17.0±5.8 words, 13.4±4.8 words; 13.9±5.0 words, 15.5±5.3 words, 12.0±4.3 words. The differences in scores across all subtests in all groups between men and women are statistically insignificant (p>0.05).

scholarly journals Verbal Fluency Test in Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 095-099
Author(s):  
Esteban Vaucheret Paz ◽  
Celeste Puga ◽  
Christy Ekonen ◽  
Paula Pintos ◽  
Isabel Lascombes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Scale Score ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Disorders ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
Fluency Test

Abstract Background The verbal fluency task is a widely used psychometric test to account for cognitive functions, particularly, verbal and executive functions. Being an easy and fast test to administer, it is a good neuropsychological tool in low technology environments. Our objective was to analyze the performance in verbal fluency of Spanish-speaking children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Methods We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study to analyze the performance of children who had undergone a verbal fluency test in a neuropsychological assessment. Results We included 115 participants. There were 41 (35.65%) participants with low intellectual performance (LIP), 63 (54.78%) with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and 11(9.57%) participants with dyslexia. Participants with LIP showed lower phonological and semantic fluency scores than participants with ADHD, and a lower performance in semantic fluency than the dyslexia group. The probability of having LIP was 6.12 times greater when somebody had a scale score lower than 7 in the phonological task and it was 7.9 times greater when the scale score was lower than 7 in the semantic task. Conclusion There was a direct relationship between Full Scale Intelligence Quotient and verbal fluency test performance, the latter being a brief and effective neuropsychological test that can reveal deficit not only in executive functions and verbal abilities but also detect LIP.

scholarly journals A cross-linguistic comparison of category verbal fluency test (ANIMALS): a systematic review

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Ardila
Keyword(s):  
Test Performance ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Linguistic Information ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Fluency Test

Abstract Background Cross-linguistic information about performance in neuropsychological verbal tests is extremely scarce. It has been suggested that verbal fluency test using animal fluency test is one of the few tests fulfilling the fundamental criteria desirable in a robust neuropsychological test. Objective To compare and establish cross-linguistic information about performance in the animal fluency test. Results In an extensive search, it was found that norms for the semantic fluency test using the category ANIMALS are available in 15 different languages. These languages represent a relatively broad spectrum of world languages, including not only Indo-European languages, but also Semitic, Sino-Tibetan, Austroasiatic, Dravidian, and even Amerindian languages. Normative data in these 15 languages are analyzed and the results are compared. Conclusions It is concluded that (a) pure linguistic factors, such as type of language and word-length, seemingly do not significantly affect the performance in this test; (b) two major demographic variables—age and education—account for a significant percentage of the variance in this test; the effect of sex seems to be neglectable; (c) in bilinguals, when the native language has few speakers and/or is a marginalized language, a very low score can be observed in the native language, even lower than in the second language; (d) there is a frequently overlooked major factor accounting for differences in cognitive test performance: the effort made in performing the test. It depends on the significance given to the test performance. Effort is quite variable across cultures and is higher in psychometric-oriented societies.

scholarly journals Accuracy of the semantic fluency test to separate healthy old people from patients with Alzheimer’s disease in a low education population

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
Tatiana Reis Fabiano Neves ◽  
Narahyana Bom de Araújo ◽  
Felipe de Oliveira Silva ◽  
José Vinícius Alves Ferreira ◽  
Thomas Rune Nielsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Semantic Fluency ◽  
Semantic Verbal Fluency ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Animal Category ◽  
Fluency Test

ABSTRACT Objective Evaluate the accuracy of two semantic categories of the verbal fluency test (supermarket and animal categories) to separate healthy elderly individuals and lower educated Alzheimer’s disease patients. Methods We evaluated 69 older adults with less than 5 years of schooling, consisting of 31 healthy elderly, and 38 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Semantic verbal fluency was evaluated using the animal and supermarket categories. Mann-Whitney U and Independent t Tests were used to compare the two groups, and the diagnostic accuracy of the tests was analyzed by sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio’s, and the Area Under the Curve (AUC). Results We found a significant difference between the healthy older and Alzheimer’s disease groups, in both, animal (p = 0.014) and supermarket verbal fluency (p < 0.001). The supermarket category showed better overall diagnostic accuracy (AUC = 0.840, 95% CI = 0.746-0.933; p < 0.001) compared to the animal category (AUC = 0.671, 95% CI = 0.543-0.800; p = 0.014). Conclusion The supermarket category of semantic verbal fluency provides better accuracy than the animal category for the identification of dementia in a Brazilian elderly population with low educational level.

Letter Verbal Fluency in Spanish-, Basque-, and Catalan-Speaking Individuals: Does the Selection of the Letters Influence the Outcome?

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 2400-2410
Author(s):  
Laiene Olabarrieta-Landa ◽  
Itziar Benito-Sánchez ◽  
Montserrat Alegret ◽  
Anna Gailhajanet ◽  
Esther Landa Torre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Crucial Step ◽  
Verbal Fluency Test ◽  
Performance Differences ◽  
Frontal Lobe Functioning ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Fluency Test

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare Basque and Catalan bilinguals' performance on the letter verbal fluency test and determine whether significant differences are present depending on the letters used and the language of administration. Method The sample consisted of 87 Spanish monolinguals, 139 Basque bilinguals, and 130 Catalan bilinguals from Spain. Participants completed the letter verbal fluency test using the letters F, A, S, M, R, P, and E. Results Bilinguals scored higher on the letter verbal fluency test when they were tested in Spanish than in Basque or Catalan. No performance differences were found according to native language or dialects within Basque participants. Catalans with Spanish as their native language scored lower on the letter F compared to those who grew up speaking Catalan and Spanish. The suggested letters to use with Basque speakers are A, E, and B; the suggested letters to use with Catalan speakers are P, F, and M; and the suggested letters to use with Spanish speakers are M, R, and P. Conclusion Selecting appropriate stimuli depending on the language of testing is the first crucial step to assess verbal fluency and thus possible frontal lobe functioning impairment.

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