Facial recognition test in the elderly: norms, reliability and premorbid estimation.

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The Facial Recognition Test (Benton, Hamsher, Varney, & Spreen, 1983; Benton, Sivan, Hamsher, Varney, & Spreen, 1994) was examined in an age-, education- and gender-stratified sample of 346 healthy older adults. Internal consistency reliability estimates were.72 for the Long Form (FRLF),.53 for the Short Form, and.69 for a new short form. Mean FRLF scores did not change over a 1-year interval (p >.5), and the stability estimate was.71 (n = 100). The first of the methods below yielded the highest correlation between estimated and obtained FRLF scores in cross-validation (n = 67):
(1) multiple regression based on oral reading and demographics, (2) multiple regression based on age, education and gender, and (3) mean scores by age group.

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Author information

Author/s: Christensen, Kathy J (KJ); Riley, Brigid E (BE); Heffernan, Kathryn A (KA); Love, Susan B (SB); McLaughlin Sta Maria, Mary E (ME);

Affiliation: Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA. christensen.kathy(-atsign-)minneapolis.va.gov

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Validation Studies

Journal: The Clinical neuropsychologist (Clin Neuropsychol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 16 (issue 1) : pp 51-6

Dates: Created 2002/05/06; Completed 2002/08/20; Revised 2007/06/01;

PMID: 11992226, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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