Accuracy of verbal fluency tests in the discrimination of mild cognitive impairment and probable Alzheimer's disease in older Spanish monolingual individuals

García Herranz, SaraDíaz Mardomingo, María del CarmenVenero Núñez, CésarPeraita Adrados, Herminia2024-12-242024-12-242019-12-10García-Herranz, S., Díaz-Mardomingo, M. C., Venero, C., & Peraita, H. (2019). Accuracy of verbal fluency tests in the discrimination of mild cognitive impairment and probable Alzheimer’s disease in older Spanish monolingual individuals. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 27(6), 826–840. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.16987101744-4128https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1698710https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25047Este es el manuscrito aceptado del artículo. La versión registrada fue publicada por primera vez en Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 27(6), 826–840, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1698710. This is the accepted manuscript of the article. The copyrighted version was first published in Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 27(6), 826–840, and is available online at the publisher's website: https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1698710.The main objetive was to analyze the accuracy of different verbal fluency tests (VFTs) in discriminating cognitively healthy subjects from individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in a cohort of older Spanish speaking adults. As a result, we aimed to identify the VFT that best predicts conversion from MCI to probable AD. 287 subjects: 170 controls (HC), 90 stable MCI and 27 patients with MCI that evolved into probable AD (MCI-AD) were assessed with a neuropsychological battery test and five VFTs. The animal fluency test produced the best differentiation of HC from MCI (p < .001), of HC from MCI-AD (p < .001) and of MCI from MCI-AD converters (p < .001), with sensitivities 98.8%, 98.8% and 75.6%, respectively. Logistic regression showed that the animal fluency test (p < 0.001) appears to be the most useful and neuropsychological VFT to predict conversion to probable dementia.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess61 PsicologíaAccuracy of verbal fluency tests in the discrimination of mild cognitive impairment and probable Alzheimer's disease in older Spanish monolingual individualsartículoAnimal fluency testalzheimer’s diseasecut-off scoresmild cognitive impairmentverbal fluency