Sex differences on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised in the elderly: Normative data in 172 participants
Sex differences on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised in the elderly: Normative data in 172 participants
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DOI：
10.1080/13803390600864760
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Comer, James
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作者：
Gale, Shawn D.;Baxter, Leslie;Comer, James
雷伊听觉言语学习测试 (RAVLT) 和修订版简短视觉空间记忆测试 (BVMT-R) 经常用于评估痴呆症。尽管已经报道了言语学习和记忆方面的性别差异，但老年人的规范数据通常不会区分男性和女性。没有研究提供同一老年人样本中 RAVLT 和 BVMT-R 的规范数据。最后，BVMT-R 无法获得 79 岁以上人群的规范数据。因此，本研究的目的是评估这两项测试的性别差异，提供172名60岁至89岁（含）健康志愿者的规范数据，并扩大BVMT-R规范数据的年龄范围。女性的表现始终优于男性。然而，只有 RAVLT 的表现才能保证按性别分离规范数据。讨论了年龄和性别差异以及这些规范数据在临床环境中的使用。
The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) are frequently used in assessing dementia. Though sex differences in verbal learning and memory have been reported, normative data for the elderly often do not separate males and females. No studies provide normative data for both the RAVLT and the BVMT-R in the same elderly sample. Finally, normative data for those over age 79 are unavailable for the BVMT-R. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate sex differences on these two tests, provide normative data in 172 healthy volunteers between the ages of 60 and 89 (inclusive), and extend the age range of BVMT-R normative data. Females consistently outperformed males. However, only performance on the RAVLT warranted separation of normative data by sex. Age and sex differences as well as usage of these normative data in a clinical setting are discussed.