The CERAD Neuropsychological Test Battery: norms from a Yoruba-speaking Nigerian sample

West Afr J Med. 1995 Jan-Mar;14(1):29-33.

Abstract

One-hundred normal, healthy, Yoruba-speaking Nigerian men and women aged 65 and above completed the Consortium to establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease-Neuropsychological Battery (CERAD-NB), a cognitive screening battery used in the evaluation of elderly patients with suspected dementia. Correlational analyses indicated pervasive education-influences on test performance. Gender-effects on the CERAD-NB were accounted for by education and there were essentially no age-effects. Education-stratified normative data are presented for all tests. Factor analysis revealed a one factor solution which accounted for 54.7% of the variance.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
  • Alzheimer Disease / ethnology*
  • Educational Status
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Language
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Neuropsychological Tests*
  • Nigeria
  • Reference Values
  • Registries