Title
Standard form of the Boston Naming Test: Normative data for the Latin American Spanish speaking adult population
Date Issued
09 November 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Olabarrieta-Landa L.
Rivera D.
Morlett-Paredes A.
Jaimes-Bautista A.
Garza M.T.
Galarza-Del-Angel J.
Rodríguez W.
Rábago B.
Schebela S.
Perrin P.B.
Luna M.
Longoni M.
Ocampo-Barba N.
Aliaga A.
Saracho C.P.
Bringas M.L.
García-Egan P.
Arango-Lasprilla J.C.
Publisher(s)
IOS Press
Abstract
Objective: To generate normative data on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) across 10 countries in Latin America, with countryspecific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate. Method: The sample consisted of 3,779 healthy adults who were recruited from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and, Puerto Rico. Each subject was administered the BNT as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. A standardized five-step statistical procedure was used to generate the norms. Results: The final multiple linear regression models explained between 332% of the variance in BNT scores. Although t-tests showed significant differences between men and women for Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, and Bolivia on the BNT, none of the six countries had an effect size larger than 0.3. As a result, gender-adjusted norms were not generated. Conclusions: This is the first normative multicenter study conducted in Latin America to generate norms for the BNT; this study will have substantial repercussions for the practice of neuropsychology throughout the global region.
Start page
501
End page
513
Volume
37
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurociencias
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84954212855
PubMed ID
Source
NeuroRehabilitation
ISSN of the container
1053-8135
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus