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Spanish normative studies in young adults (NEURONORMA young adults project): norms for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex
R Palomo1, M Casals-Coll, G Sánchez-Benavides
1Grupo de Neurología de la Conducta y Demencias, Programa de Neurociencias, Instituto de Investigación Hospital del Mar, IMIM, Barcelona, España.
Introduction:
The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF) and the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) are widely used in clinical practice. The ROCF assesses visual perception, constructional praxis, and visuo-spatial memory. The FCSRT assesses verbal learning and memory.
Objective:
In this study, as part of the Spanish normative studies project in young adults (NEURONORMA young adults), we present age- and education-adjusted normative data for both tests obtained by using linear regression techniques.
Material And Methods:
The sample consisted of 179 healthy participants ranging in age from 18 to 49 years. We provide tables for converting raw scores to scaled scores in addition to tables with scores adjusted by socio-demographic factors.
Results:
The results showed that education affects scores for some of the memory tests and the figure-copying task. Age was only found to have an effect on the performance of visuo-spatial memory tests, and the effect of sex was negligible.
Conclusions:
The normative data obtained will be extremely useful in the clinical neuropsychological evaluation of young Spanish adults.
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