A tale of two stories: Validity of an alternative story memory test in a sample of older adults.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Many patients require repeat neuropsychological evaluations to determine change over time. Repeat evaluations lead to practice effects, which can impact the validity of the assessment. The current study assessed, in older adults, the validity of an alternative set of verbal memory stories created by Newcomer and colleagues.Method: A total 154 of non-demented adults, ages 60-92, completed the WMS-III logical memory (LM) stories and two Newcomer stories (Carson-Jones) as part of a larger battery of neurocognitive tests. The Carson-Jones stories were scored for: (1) verbatim (traditional) and (2) thematic (developed for this study) accuracy. Story memory variables were compared to each other and additional neurocognitive measures using bivariate correlations. A subset

SUBMITTER: Trifilio E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6625924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature