Mayo's Older African Americans Normative Studies: WMS-R norms for African American elders

Clin Neuropsychol. 2005 Jun;19(2):189-213. doi: 10.1080/13854040590945292.

Abstract

Norms for African American elders on the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) were derived from a sample of 309 community-dwelling individuals participating in Mayo's Older African Americans Normative Studies (MOAANS). Normative estimates are provided for traditional WMS-R subtest scores and for supplemental procedures to evaluate forgetting rates and recognition memory. Tables are provided to convert raw WMS-R subtest and supplemental scores to age-corrected scaled scores. These may be further adjusted for years of education, if desired, by applying regression-based corrections. We anticipate that these data will enhance the diagnostic utility and clinical interpretation of WMS-R performance in older African Americans.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Black or African American*
  • Educational Status
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment*
  • Humans
  • Intelligence / physiology
  • Learning / physiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Recognition, Psychology / physiology
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sex Factors
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology
  • Wechsler Scales / standards*
  • Wechsler Scales / statistics & numerical data*