Mayo's Older African Americans Normative Studies: norms for Boston Naming Test, Controlled Oral Word Association, Category Fluency, Animal Naming, Token Test, WRAT-3 Reading, Trail Making Test, Stroop Test, and Judgment of Line Orientation

Clin Neuropsychol. 2005 Jun;19(2):243-69. doi: 10.1080/13854040590945337.

Abstract

Normative data for older African Americans are presented for several clinical neuropsychological measures, including Boston Naming Test, Controlled Oral Word Association, Category Fluency, Token Test, WRAT-3 Reading, Trail Making Test, Stroop Color and Word Test, and Judgment of Line Orientation. Age-adjusted norms were derived from a sample of 309 cognitively normal, community-dwelling individuals, aged 56 through 94, participating in Mayo's Older African Americans Normative Studies (MOAANS). Years of education were modelled on age-scaled scores to derive regression Equations that may be applied for further demographic correction. These data should enhance interpretation of individual test performances and facilitate analysis of neuropsychological profile patterns in older African American patients who present for dementia evaluations.

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
  • Animals
  • Association Learning / physiology
  • Black or African American*
  • Demography
  • Educational Status
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment*
  • Humans
  • Judgment / physiology
  • Male
  • Mental Recall / physiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests / standards*
  • Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Orientation / physiology
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Reading
  • Verbal Learning / physiology
  • Word Association Tests* / standards
  • Word Association Tests* / statistics & numerical data