Hopkins Verbal Learning Test– Revised: Normative data for the Latin American Spanish speaking adult population

OBJECTIVE: To generate normative data on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test– Revised (HVLT-R) across 11 countries in Latin America, with country-specific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate. METHOD: The sample consisted of 3,977 healthy adults who were recruited from Argentin...

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Published inNeuroRehabilitation (Reading, Mass.) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 699 - 718
Main Authors Arango-Lasprilla, J.C., Rivera, D., Garza, M.T., Saracho, C.P., Rodríguez, W., Rodríguez-Agudelo, Y., Aguayo, A., Schebela, S., Luna, M., Longoni, M., Martínez, C., Doyle, S., Ocampo-Barba, N., Galarza-del-Angel, J., Aliaga, A., Bringas, M., Esenarro, L., García-Egan, P., Perrin, P.B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2015
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Language
Latin America
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests - standards
Psychomotor Performance
Reference Values
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Verbal Learning
Young Adult
Latin America
verbal learning and memory
Normative data
Hopkins Verbal Learning Test– Revised
Latin America
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To generate normative data on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test– Revised (HVLT-R) across 11 countries in Latin America, with country-specific adjustments for gender, age, and education, where appropriate. METHOD: The sample consisted of 3,977 healthy adults who were recruited from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and, Puerto Rico. Each subject was administered the HVLT-R as part of a larger neuropsychological battery. A standardized five-step statistical procedure was used to generate the norms. RESULTS: The final multiple linear regression models explained 17– 45% of the variance in HVLT-R scores. Although t-tests showed significant differences between men and women in Guatemala on the HVLT-R, it was a small effect size. As a result, gender-adjusted norms were not generated. CONCLUSIONS: The results from this study will have a substantial impact on the practice of neuropsychology in Latin America, as this is the first normative multicenter study to develop norms for the HVLT-R in this region.
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ISSN:1053-8135
1878-6448
1878-6448
DOI:10.3233/NRE-151286