Normative Data for the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery Stratified by Age and Education

Overview

Journal Dement Neuropsychol

Date 2017 Dec 8

PMID 29213493

Citations 16

Authors

Monica Sanches Yassuda

Henrique Salmazo da Silva

Thais Bento Lima-Silva

Meire Cachioni

Deusivania Vieira da Silva Falcao

Andrea Lopes

Samila Sathler Tavares Batistoni

Anita Liberalesso Neri

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Abstract

Introduction: Diagnosing neurocognitive disorders is challenging in low-educated individuals.

Objective: To report normative data for the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB) and to assess the association of age and education with performance on the BCSB in 240 community-dwelling elderly from Ermelino Matarazzo, São Paulo city.

Methods: The inclusion criteria were scoring above the education-adjusted cut-off points on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and below six points on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).

Results: Age was associated with performance on the Naming, Incidental Memory, Verbal Fluency, Clock Drawing Test, Delayed Recall and Recognition subtests. Education was associated with performance on Naming, Recognition, Verbal Fluency and the Clock Drawing Test.

Conclusion: The normative values reported are relevant for diagnosing neurocognitive disorders in low-educated elderly.

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