Culture qualitatively but not quantitatively influences performance in the Boston naming test in a chinese-speaking population

doi:10.1159/000360695

. 2014 Apr 17;4(1):86-94.

doi: 10.1159/000360695. eCollection 2014 Jan.

Culture qualitatively but not quantitatively influences performance in the Boston naming test in a chinese-speaking population

Ting-Bin Chen¹, Chi-Ying Lin¹, Ker-Neng Lin², Yen-Chi Yeh³, Wei-Ta Chen¹, Kuo-Shu Wang⁴, Pei-Ning Wang⁵

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¹ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
² Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Psychology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
³ Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Neurology, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan (ROC).
⁴ Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
⁵ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).

PMID: 24847347
PMCID: PMC4024970
DOI: 10.1159/000360695

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Culture qualitatively but not quantitatively influences performance in the Boston naming test in a chinese-speaking population

Ting-Bin Chen et al. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2014.

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. 2014 Apr 17;4(1):86-94.

doi: 10.1159/000360695. eCollection 2014 Jan.

Authors

Ting-Bin Chen¹, Chi-Ying Lin¹, Ker-Neng Lin², Yen-Chi Yeh³, Wei-Ta Chen¹, Kuo-Shu Wang⁴, Pei-Ning Wang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
² Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Psychology, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
³ Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Neurology, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan (ROC).
⁴ Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
⁵ Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Department of Neurology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) ; Aging and Health Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).

PMID: 24847347
PMCID: PMC4024970
DOI: 10.1159/000360695

Abstract

Background/aims: The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is the most frequently administered confrontational naming test, but the cultural background of the patients may influence their performance in the BNT. The aim of this study was to identify differences in performance in the BNT between a Chinese population in Taiwan, Chinese populations in other areas and a Caucasian population.

Methods: A total of 264 native, Chinese-speaking, cognitively normal elders aged >60 years were enrolled in our study and conducted the 30-item Chinese version of the BNT. Another 10 BNT studies were categorized, analyzed and compared with the present study.

Results: Higher education was associated with higher scores, whereas age and gender had no effect on performance in the BNT. The score of the Chinese-speaking population was equivalent to the English-speaking population. A disparity in difficulties with items was not only apparent between the Taiwanese and Caucasian populations, but also between the Chinese-speaking populations in the different geographic areas.

Conclusion: For the most part, the impact of culture on performance in the BNT may not be quantitative but qualitative. Attention should be paid to a potential effect of culture on difficulties with items when administering the BNT to non-English-speaking populations. Understanding differences in performance in the BNT in distinct cultural settings improves the clinical application of the BNT.

Keywords: Boston Naming Test; Chinese-speaking population; Cross-cultural comparison; Elderly; Taiwan.

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[1] Goodglass H, Kaplan E. The Assessment of Aphasia and Related Disorders. ed 2. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger; 1983.

[2] Goodglass H, Kaplan E. The Assessment of Aphasia and Related Disorders. ed 2. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger; 1983.

[3] Tombaugh TN, Hubley AM. The 60-item Boston Naming Test: norms for cognitively intact adults aged 25 to 88 years. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1997;19:922–932. - PubMed

[4] Tombaugh TN, Hubley AM. The 60-item Boston Naming Test: norms for cognitively intact adults aged 25 to 88 years. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1997;19:922–932. - PubMed

[5] Tallberg IM. The Boston Naming Test in Swedish: normative data. Brain Lang. 2005;94:19–31. - PubMed

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