The effect of dementia risk factors on comparative and diagnostic selective reminding norms

Martin Sliwinski; Herman Buschke; Walter F. Stewart; David Masur; Richard B. Lipton

doi:10.1017/s1355617797003172

The effect of dementia risk factors on comparative and diagnostic selective reminding norms

Martin Sliwinski, Herman Buschke, Walter F. Stewart, David Masur, Richard B. Lipton

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Robust comparative and diagnostic norms for the elderly are provided for the Selective Reminding Test. Correcting for factors such as age and education level are appropriate for comparative norms, which are intended for ranking individuals with respect to their age and education matched peers. However, because age and education are both risk factors for dementia, correcting for these factors decreases test sensitivity for detecting dementia. Age- and education-corrected Selective Reminding scores have a sensitivity for detecting dementia that is 28% lower than uncorrected scores. Using information about age in combination with memory scores provided optimal discrimination of dementia. It is concluded that statistically removing the contribution of dementia risk factors from memory test scores can severely decrease discriminative validity for detecting dementia in the elderly.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	317-326
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617797003172
State	Published - Jul 1997

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