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Boston Naming Test (BNT) original, Brazilian adapted version and short forms: normative data for illiterate and low-educated older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2016

Karla Shimura Barea Leite ,
Eliane Correa Miotto ,
Ricardo Nitrini  and
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Karla Shimura Barea Leite
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Eliane Correa Miotto
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ricardo Nitrini
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mônica Sanches Yassuda*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Mônica Sanches Yassuda, Ph.D., Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255, São Paulo, SP, 05403-100, Brazil. Phone: +55 (11) 99627-2325. Email: yassuda@usp.br.
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Abstract

Background:

The aims of this study were (1) to describe and compare the performance of illiterate and low-educated older adults, without evidence of cognitive impairment, on different versions of the Boston Naming Test (BNT) original, Brazilian adapted, abbreviated 30-item (even and odd) and 15-item from the CERAD (Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease) battery; (2) to compare performance on the original versus adapted versions of the BNT.

Methods:

A total of 180 healthy older adults (60 years or older) were stratified according to educational level (0, 1–2, and 3–4 years), and age (60–69, 70–79, and ≥ 80 years). The protocol comprised the following instruments: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB), Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and the BNT.

Results:

The illiterate participants had poorer performance than the educated participants. The performance of the two educated groups was similar on all versions of the BNT. A higher number of correct responses were observed on the adapted BNT than on the original BNT in all three education groups.

Conclusions:

The adapted BNT appears to be the most suitable for use in the low-educated Brazilian population. The present study provided normative data for low-educated elderly on several different versions of the BNT, which may be helpful in diagnosing naming deficits among elderly in these strata of the population.

Keywords

agingeducationlanguage and speech disordersneuropsychologycognitive testing
Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 825 - 833
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2016 

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