October 14, 2020Open Access
View Full PaperNormative Data for the ELSA-Brasil Neuropsychological Assessment and Operationalized Criterion for Cognitive Impairment for Middle-Aged and Older Adults
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Population
Middle-aged and older adults, specifically a selected set of cognitively normal subjects from the ELSA-Brasil cohort
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Outcome
Normative data and clinical cutoffs for neuropsychological tests
Provides normative data and clinical cutoffs for neuropsychological assessment in middle-aged and older adults to aid cognitive impairment diagnosis in primary care.
Abstract
The Longitudinal Study on Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) provided normative data based on a unique selected set of cognitively normal subjects. Normative groups were selected based on age and education, and the battery was sensitive to the presence of a depressive episode. We suggested clinical cutoffs for the tests in this battery that could be used in primary care settings to improve the accurate diagnosis of cognitive impairment.