Boston Naming Test results for healthy older Australians: A longitudinal and cross-sectional study

Abstract

This study reports on a sample of normal Australian elderly who were assessed for naming ability using the Boston Naming Test (BNT). The study aimed to examine and compare the changes in naming ability, using both longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis, and determine the relationships between naming ability and age, educational level, visual acuity and gender and cultural relevance. Contradictory ®ndings were produced regarding age and were dependent on the research design. Longitudinal analysis showed no age-related change in naming ability in subjects over a four-period. In contrast, crosssectional analysis showed a weak but signi®cant correlation between age and naming ability. Educational level, visual acuity and gender were unrelated to changes in naming ability over time, and unrelated to naming ability across the cohort of elderly. The Australian elderly performed better on the modi®ed Australian version of the BNT than on the original American version. Thus, clinicians need to be cautious when interpreting the results of the BNT for elderly and for populations outside North America. The results of this study also indicate a need for further longitudinal research of a greater duration to establish age-related decline in naming ability.

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“…languages on the test (e.g. Chinese (Cheung, Cheung, & Chan, 2004), Australian (Cruice, Worrall, & Hickson, 2000), Dutch-speaking Belgian (Mariën, Mampaey, Vervaet, Saerens, & De Deyn, 1998), Brazilian Portuguese (Miotto, Sato, Lucia, Camargo, & Scaff, 2010), Greek (Patricacou et al, 2007), Spanish (Peña-Casanova et al, 2009), French-speaking Quebec adults (Roberts & Doucet, 2011), and Swedish (Tallberg, 2005)). …”