Phonemic and semantic verbal fluency tasks: normative data for elderly Brazilians
Phonemic and semantic verbal fluency tasks: normative data for elderly Brazilians
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10.1590/1678-7153.201528215
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2015-06-01
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Argimon, Irani Iracema de Lima
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Esteves, Cristiane Silva;Oliveira, Camila Rosa;Argimon, Irani Iracema de Lima
本研究的目的是调查社会人口特征对老年人的两个任务的语言流畅性的表现的影响，并提供规范的数据为巴西人口的健康老年人具有不同的教育水平。最初的样本包括521名年龄在60岁以上的人，他们参加了家庭健康战略方案。参与者的分数提示认知能力下降的简易精神状态检查，抑郁症状的老年抑郁量表和自我报告的神经或精神疾病被排除在外。最后的样本包括218名参与者在语音言语流畅性任务（字母F，A和S）和265名参与者的语义言语流畅性任务（动物）。这两项测试的表现都与年龄和教育有关，但与性别无关。尽管如此，教育变量被证明有更大的影响分数在音素和语义测试比年龄在这两种形式的唤起。这项研究的结果表明，提供规范的数据，为老年人的巴西人适当的年龄和教育的口头流畅性任务的重要性。
This study aims to investigate the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on the performance of older people on two tasks of verbal fluency and provide normative data for a Brazilian population of healthy elderly individuals with different educational levels. The initial sample included 521 individuals aged from 60 years, participating in the Program Family Health Strategy. Participants who had scores suggestive of cognitive decline on the Mini-Mental State Examination, depressive symptoms in Geriatric Depression Scale and self-reported neurological or psychiatric disorders were excluded. The final sample consisted of 218 participants in phonemic verbal fluency task (letters F, A and S) and 265 participants for semantic verbal fluency task (animals). The performance in both tests was associated with age and education, but not with sex. Still, the education variable was shown to have a greater impact on scores in phonemic and semantic tests than age in both forms of evocation. The results of this study suggest the importance of providing normative data for elderly Brazilians appropriate to age and education on verbal fluency tasks.