A Normative Study of the Digit Span in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of demographic variables on Digit Span test (DS) performance in an educationally diverse elderly population and to provide normative information. METHODS: The DS was administered to 784 community-dwelling volunteers aged 60-90 years with...

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Autores principales: Choi, Hyo Jung, Lee, Dong Young, Seo, Eun Hyun, Jo, Min Kyung, Sohn, Bo Kyung, Choe, Young Min, Byun, Min Soo, Kim, Jee Wook, Kim, Shin Gyeom, Yoon, Jong Choul, Jhoo, Jin Hyeong, Kim, Ki Woong, Woo, Jong Inn
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2014
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24605122
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.1.39
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author Choi, Hyo Jung
Lee, Dong Young
Seo, Eun Hyun
Jo, Min Kyung
Sohn, Bo Kyung
Choe, Young Min
Byun, Min Soo
Kim, Jee Wook
Kim, Shin Gyeom
Yoon, Jong Choul
Jhoo, Jin Hyeong
Kim, Ki Woong
Woo, Jong Inn
author_facet Choi, Hyo Jung
Lee, Dong Young
Seo, Eun Hyun
Jo, Min Kyung
Sohn, Bo Kyung
Choe, Young Min
Byun, Min Soo
Kim, Jee Wook
Kim, Shin Gyeom
Yoon, Jong Choul
Jhoo, Jin Hyeong
Kim, Ki Woong
Woo, Jong Inn
author_sort Choi, Hyo Jung
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of demographic variables on Digit Span test (DS) performance in an educationally diverse elderly population and to provide normative information. METHODS: The DS was administered to 784 community-dwelling volunteers aged 60-90 years with an educational history of from zero to 25 years of full-time education. People with serious neurological, medical and psychiatric disorders (including dementia) were excluded. RESULTS: Age, education and gender were found to be significantly associated with performance on the DS. Based on the results obtained, DS norms were stratified by age (2 strata), education (3 strata), and gender (2 strata). CONCLUSION: Our results on DS performance suggest that both attention and working memory are influenced by age, education and gender. The present study provides reasonably comprehensive normative information on the DS for an educationally diverse elderly population.
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spelling pubmed-39425502014-03-06 A Normative Study of the Digit Span in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population Choi, Hyo Jung Lee, Dong Young Seo, Eun Hyun Jo, Min Kyung Sohn, Bo Kyung Choe, Young Min Byun, Min Soo Kim, Jee Wook Kim, Shin Gyeom Yoon, Jong Choul Jhoo, Jin Hyeong Kim, Ki Woong Woo, Jong Inn Psychiatry Investig OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of demographic variables on Digit Span test (DS) performance in an educationally diverse elderly population and to provide normative information. METHODS: The DS was administered to 784 community-dwelling volunteers aged 60-90 years with an educational history of from zero to 25 years of full-time education. People with serious neurological, medical and psychiatric disorders (including dementia) were excluded. RESULTS: Age, education and gender were found to be significantly associated with performance on the DS. Based on the results obtained, DS norms were stratified by age (2 strata), education (3 strata), and gender (2 strata). CONCLUSION: Our results on DS performance suggest that both attention and working memory are influenced by age, education and gender. The present study provides reasonably comprehensive normative information on the DS for an educationally diverse elderly population. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2014-01 2013-10-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3942550/ /pubmed/24605122 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.1.39 Text en Copyright © 2014 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Choi, Hyo Jung
Lee, Dong Young
Seo, Eun Hyun
Jo, Min Kyung
Sohn, Bo Kyung
Choe, Young Min
Byun, Min Soo
Kim, Jee Wook
Kim, Shin Gyeom
Yoon, Jong Choul
Jhoo, Jin Hyeong
Kim, Ki Woong
Woo, Jong Inn
A Normative Study of the Digit Span in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population
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title_fullStr A Normative Study of the Digit Span in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population
title_full_unstemmed A Normative Study of the Digit Span in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population
title_short A Normative Study of the Digit Span in an Educationally Diverse Elderly Population
title_sort normative study of the digit span in an educationally diverse elderly population
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24605122
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2014.11.1.39
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