Semantic Verbal Fluency: Normative Data in Older Spanish Adults From NEDICES Population-Based Cohort

  1. Contador, Israel 1
  2. Almondes, Katie 2
  3. Fernández-Calvo, Bernardino 3
  4. Boycheva, Elina 4
  5. Puertas-Martín, Verónica 5
  6. Benito-León, Julián 456
  7. Bermejo-Pareja, Félix 467
  1. 1 Department of Basic Psychology, Psychobiology and Methodology of Behavioral Science, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
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    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

    Natal, Brasil

    ROR https://ror.org/04wn09761

    Geographic location of the organization Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  3. 3 Universidade Federal da Paraíba
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    Universidade Federal da Paraíba

    João Pessoa, Brasil

    ROR https://ror.org/00p9vpz11

    Geographic location of the organization Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  4. 4 Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre
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    Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, España

    Geographic location of the organization Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital 12 de Octubre
  5. 5 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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    Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    Madrid, España

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  6. 6 Instituto de Salud Carlos III
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    Instituto de Salud Carlos III

    Madrid, España

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  7. 7 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

ISSN: 0887-6177,  1873-5843

Year of publication: 2016

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1093/ARCLIN/ACW071 WoS: WOS:000392974600012 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Objective: We aimed to provide the normative data stratified by age, sex and educational attainment for two semantic categories (animal and fruits) in older Spanish adults.Method: A representative sample of 2,744 non-demented older individuals with different socioeconomic background was selected from the Neurological Disorders in Central Spain (NEDICES), a population-based study. Normative data are presented in percentile ranks and divided into four age-tables with different midpoints, using the overlapping interval procedure.Results: Correlation analyses showed that age, education and sex influence significantly the scores in both semantic tasks. Normative data presented here covered two urban (Margaritas & Lista) and one rural areas (Arevalo).Conclusion: These norms may provide useful data for screening cognitive impairment more accurately in Spanish older adults.

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