Normative Data for the Dementia Rating Scale-2 in the French-Quebec Population |
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| Authors: | Monica Lavoie Brandy Callahan Sylvie Belleville Martine Simard Nathalie Bier Lise Gagnon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Département de réadaptation , Université Laval , Québec , Canada;2. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec , Canada;3. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec , Canada;4. école de psychologie, Université Laval, Québec , Canada;5. Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal , QC , Canada;6. Département de psychologie , Université de Montréal , QC , Canada;7. école de réadaptation, Université de Montréal , QC , Canada;8. Département de psychologie , Université de Sherbrooke , QC , Canada |
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| Abstract: | The Dementia Rating Scale-2 is used to measure cognitive status of adults with cognitive impairment, especially of the degenerative type, by assessing five cognitive functions, namely attention, initiation/perseveration, construction, conceptualization, and memory. The present study aimed to establish normative data for this test in the elderly French-Quebec population. A total of 432 French-speaking elders from the province of Quebec (Canada), aged 50 to 85 years, were administered the Dementia Rating Scale-2. Age and education were found to be associated with the total score on the test, while gender was not. Percentile ranks were then calculated for age- and education-stratified groups. Previous studies have shown that cultural background can affect performance on the DRS and the development of culture-specific norms for French-speaking Quebecers could be very useful to clinicians and researchers working with this population. |
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| Keywords: | Normative data Dementia Cognition Aging Neuropsychological test |
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