Validation and Normative Data of the Spanish Version of the Face Name Associative Memory Exam (S-FNAME)
Por:
Alviarez-Schulze, V, Cattaneo, G, Pachon-Garcia, C, Solana-Sanchez, J, Tormos-Munoz, JM, Alegret, M, Pascual-Leone, A and Bartres-Faz, D
Publicada:
1 ene 2022
Resumen:
Objective: The relevance of the episodic memory in the prediction of brain aging is well known. The Face Name Associative Memory Exam (FNAME) is a valued associative memory measure related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers, such as amyloid-beta deposition preclinical AD individuals. Previous validation of the Spanish version of the FNAME test (S-FNAME) provided normative data and psychometric characteristics. The study was limited to subjects attending a memory clinic and included a reduced sample with gender inequality distribution. The purpose of this study was to assess S-FNAME psychometric properties and provide normative data in a larger independent sample of cognitively healthy individuals. Method: S-FNAME was administered to 511 cognitively healthy volunteers (242 women, aged 41-65 years) participating in the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative cohort study. Results: Factor analysis supported construct validity revealing two underlying components: face-name and face-occupation and explaining 95.34% of the total variance, with satisfactory goodness of fit. Correlations between S-FNAME and Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test were statistically significant and confirmed its convergent validity. We also found weak correlations with non-memory tests supporting divergent validity. Women showed better scores, and S-FNAME was positively correlated with education and negatively with age. Finally, we generated normative data. Conclusions: The S-FNAME test exhibits good psychometric properties, consistent with previous findings, resulting in a valid and reliable tool to assess episodic memory in cognitively healthy middle-aged adults. It is a promising test for the early detection of subtle memory dysfunction associated with abnormal brain aging.
Filiaciones:
Alviarez-Schulze, V:
UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Bellaterra 08035, Spain
Cattaneo, G:
UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Bellaterra 08035, Spain
Pachon-Garcia, C:
UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Bellaterra 08035, Spain
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UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Bellaterra 08035, Spain
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UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Bellaterra 08035, Spain
Alegret, M:
Univ Int Catalunya, Res Ctr, Inst Catala Neurociencies Aplicades, Fundacio ACE, Barcelona 08029, Spain
Univ Int Catalunya, Memory Clin, Inst Catala Neurociencies Aplicades, Fundacio ACE, Barcelona 08029, Spain
Inst Salud Carlos III, Networking Res Ctr Neurodegenerat Dis CIBERNED, Madrid 28031, Spain
Pascual-Leone, A:
UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Hebrew SeniorLife, Hinda & Arthur Marcus Inst Aging Res, Boston, MA 02131 USA
Hebrew SeniorLife, Deanna & Sidney Wolk Ctr Memory Hlth, Boston, MA 02131 USA
Harvard Med Sch, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Bartres-Faz, D:
UAB, Inst Univ Neurorehabil Adscrit, Inst Guttmann, Badalona 08916, Spain
Univ Barcelona, Fac Med & Ciencies Salut, Dept Med, Barcelona 08036, Spain
Univ Barcelona, Inst Neurociencies, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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