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ArticleJournal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS2025

Normative data for Vietnamese population: Effects of age, education, and sex on test performance.

Truc Tran Thanh Nguyen, Thanh-Liem Do, Huong Thi Thu Tran, Ingo Kilimann, Cong-Thang Tran

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Truc Tran Thanh NguyenMemory and Dementia Center, Hospital 30/4, Ho, Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7206-2521
Thanh-Liem DoMemory and Dementia Center, Hospital 30/4, Ho, Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Huong Thi Thu TranMemory and Dementia Center, Hospital 30/4, Ho, Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Ingo KilimannDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), site Rostock/Greifswald, Rostock, Germany.
Cong-Thang TranMemory and Dementia Center, Hospital 30/4, Ho, Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7467-9261

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Abstract

objectiveNormative data of neuropsychological tests in the Vietnamese population is considerably lacking. We aim to evaluate the effects of age, education, and sex on the performance of common neuropsychological tests, and to generate normative data for these tests in cognitively normal Vietnamese adults.

methodParticipants were recruited from two hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, with inclusion criteria as follows: age ≥ 40 years, normal cognition and function, and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores ≥ 26. Neuropsychological tests were administered in a paper-and-pencil format, including the CERAD Word List, Trail Making Tests, Digit Span, Animal Naming, and Clock Drawing Test. Effects of age, education, and sex on test performance were evaluated using multiple linear regression analyses. Normed scores were reported as regression-based and discrete norms tables.

resultsParticipants included 385 cognitively normal Vietnamese, with age 61.4 ± 10.9 years (range 40 - 89), female 56%, who were relatively highly educated (42% attended college and beyond, 36% attended high school or equivalent institutions, 22% had less than high school education), and had MMSE scores 27.8 ± 1.0. Trail Making Test Part B was completed within 300 s by only 204/385 (53%) participants. Regression analyses demonstrated significant associations between age and education with performance on all or most tests, and between sex and all CERAD Word List measures and Clock Drawing Test.

conclusionsThe present work provides the first known normative data for a relatively comprehensive neuropsychological battery in Vietnamese adults. Performance on all tests was significantly influenced by age and education.

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AgingEducational StatusNeuropsychological TestsSex CharacteristicsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReference ValuesSex FactorsSoutheast Asian PeopleVietnamagingcognitioneducationneuropsychologyNormsVietnam

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