Normative data of the Brazilian elderly in Logical Memory subtest of WMS-R

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Camila Rosa de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Lima, Margarida Maria Baptista Mendes Pedroso de, Esteves, Cristiane Silva, Gonzatti, Valéria, Viana, Susy Ane Ribeiro, Irigaray, Tatiana Quarti, Argimon, Irani Iracema de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/108098; https://doi.org/10.15689/ap.2017.1601.02
• topic: aging; verbal memory; memory; cognition; envelhecimento; memória verbal; memória; cognição; envejecimiento; memoria verbal; memoria; cognición

The aim of this study was to establish normative data for the Brazilian elderly population in the Logical Memory (LM) subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale, revised version (WMS-R) and investigate the ability of scores in this subtest (immediate and delayed recall) to discriminate the elderly with and without depressive symptoms. The sample consisted of 334 elderly participants. Participants answered a sociodemographic and health questionnaire, the MMSE, the GDS-15, and the LM subtest. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Student’s t test, multiple linear regression, univariate analysis, and discriminant analysis. Age, education, and depressive symptoms significantly influenced all the scores of LM. Normative data were available according to three age groups, three levels of education, sex, and presence or absence of depressive symptoms. Results are in agreement with the literature, demonstrating the importance of establishing reference standards in accordance with sociodemographic and cultural characteristics