Ellen Grober1, Wenzhu Mowrey2, Mindy Katz1, Carol Derby1, Richard B Lipton1,2. 1. a Department of Neurology and the Einstein Aging Study , Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center , Bronx , NY , USA. 2. b Department of Epidemiology and Population Health , Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center , Bronx , NY , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To contrast four approaches to norming two widely used memory tests in older adults for the purpose of detecting preclinical dementia. METHOD: The study sample included participants from the Einstein Aging Study who were over age 70, were free of dementia at baseline, and were followed for at least 5 years. Norms were derived from a conventional sample (excluding individuals with dementia at baseline but not those who developed dementia during follow-up) and a robust normative sample (excluding persons with dementia at baseline as well as those who developed dementia over 5 years of follow-up). Both normative samples were examined with and without adjustment for age and education. We contrasted the picture version of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test with Immediate Recall (pFCSRT+IR) and the Logical Memory (LM) test for their ability to identify persons with preclinical dementia, operationally defined by the development of diagnosable dementia over 5 years of follow-up, using these four approaches to developing norms for detecting preclinical dementia. RESULTS: Of 418 participants included in the conventional normative sample, the mean age was 78.2 years, and 59% were female. There were 78 incident cases of dementia over 5 years leaving 340 participants in the robust normative sample. Means and standard deviations were defined for both the conventional and robust normative samples, and cut-scores with and without adjustment were set at 1.5 standard deviations below the mean of each test. As predicted, in comparison with the conventional sample, the robust sample had higher cut-scores, which provided higher sensitivity for detecting preclinical dementia. This effect persisted regardless of adjustment. The pFCSRT+IR was more sensitive than LM in detecting incident dementia cases. CONCLUSION: When using cognitive test norms to identify preclinical dementia, robust norming procedures improves detection using both the pFCSRT+IR and LM.
OBJECTIVE: To contrast four approaches to norming two widely used memory tests in older adults for the purpose of detecting preclinical dementia. METHOD: The study sample included participants from the Einstein Aging Study who were over age 70, were free of dementia at baseline, and were followed for at least 5 years. Norms were derived from a conventional sample (excluding individuals with dementia at baseline but not those who developed dementia during follow-up) and a robust normative sample (excluding persons with dementia at baseline as well as those who developed dementia over 5 years of follow-up). Both normative samples were examined with and without adjustment for age and education. We contrasted the picture version of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test with Immediate Recall (pFCSRT+IR) and the Logical Memory (LM) test for their ability to identify persons with preclinical dementia, operationally defined by the development of diagnosable dementia over 5 years of follow-up, using these four approaches to developing norms for detecting preclinical dementia. RESULTS: Of 418 participants included in the conventional normative sample, the mean age was 78.2 years, and 59% were female. There were 78 incident cases of dementia over 5 years leaving 340 participants in the robust normative sample. Means and standard deviations were defined for both the conventional and robust normative samples, and cut-scores with and without adjustment were set at 1.5 standard deviations below the mean of each test. As predicted, in comparison with the conventional sample, the robust sample had higher cut-scores, which provided higher sensitivity for detecting preclinical dementia. This effect persisted regardless of adjustment. The pFCSRT+IR was more sensitive than LM in detecting incident dementia cases. CONCLUSION: When using cognitive test norms to identify preclinical dementia, robust norming procedures improves detection using both the pFCSRT+IR and LM.
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