Monica Lavoie1,2, Louis Bherer3,4,5, Sven Joubert5,6, Jean-François Gagnon7, Sophie Blanchet8, Isabelle Rouleau7,9, Joël Macoir1,2, Carol Hudon2,10. 1. a Département de réadaptation , Université Laval , Québec , Canada. 2. b Centre de recherche CERVO , Québec , Canada. 3. c Département de médecine , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Canada. 4. d Centre de recherche , Institut de cardiologie de Montréal , Montréal , Canada. 5. e Centre de recherche , Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal , Montréal , Canada. 6. f Département de psychologie , Université de Montréal , Montréal , Canada. 7. g Département de psychologie , Université du Québec à Montréal , Montréal , Canada. 8. h Laboratoire Mémoire & Cognition (LMC), INSERM UMR S894, Centre de Psychiatrie et Neurosciences (CPN), Institut de Psychologie , Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne (Paris Cité) , Paris , France. 9. i Centre de recherche , Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal , Montréal , Canada. 10. j École de psychologie , Université Laval , Québec , Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to establish normative data for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, a test assessing verbal episodic memory, in the older French-Quebec population. METHOD: A total of 432 French-speaking participants aged between 55 and 93 years old, from the Province of Quebec (Canada), were included in the study. Using multiple regression analyses, normative data were developed for five variable of interest, namely scores on trial 1, sum of trials 1 to 5, interference list B, immediate recall of list A, and delayed recall of list A. RESULTS: Results showed that age, education, and sex were associated with performance on all variables. Equations to calculate the expected score for a participant based on sex, age, and education level as well as the Z score were developed. CONCLUSION: This study provides clinicians with normative data that take into account the participants' sociodemographic characteristics, thus giving a more accurate interpretation of the results.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to establish normative data for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, a test assessing verbal episodic memory, in the older French-Quebec population. METHOD: A total of 432 French-speaking participants aged between 55 and 93 years old, from the Province of Quebec (Canada), were included in the study. Using multiple regression analyses, normative data were developed for five variable of interest, namely scores on trial 1, sum of trials 1 to 5, interference list B, immediate recall of list A, and delayed recall of list A. RESULTS: Results showed that age, education, and sex were associated with performance on all variables. Equations to calculate the expected score for a participant based on sex, age, and education level as well as the Z score were developed. CONCLUSION: This study provides clinicians with normative data that take into account the participants' sociodemographic characteristics, thus giving a more accurate interpretation of the results.