Effects of age and education on the Simple Rey Figure Test in elderly Koreans

The Simple Rey Figure Test(SRFT) was developed to assess visual perception and visual memory abilities of the elderly people by simplifying the figure of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test(RCFT). This study investigated the SRFT performance of 374 normal elderly Koreans with wide-range of age(55-84 years) and education (0-24 years). We examined the effects of demographic factors, including age, education, and gender on the SRFT. We found that the age and education influenced the performance on the SRFT. There was no sex effect. The age and education affected the immediate recall, delayed recall, and recognition of the SRFT, but age did not affect the performance on the Copy task. Furthermore, participants were divided into 5 educational levels(0, 1-6, 7-9, 10-12, and more than 13 years of schooling) to examine the effects of education on the copy. The result showed the uneducated group performed significantly worse than the other groups including education of 1-6 years. In conclusion, the SRFT performance in elderly Koreans were affected by education, and cognitive assessment in uneducated elderly people should employ norms that specify performance of this group.

keywords: Simple Rey Figure Test, Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, visual perception, visual memory, education, age, 단순 Rey 도형 검사, 복합 Rey 도형 검사, 시지각, 시각적 기억, 연령, 교육

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Vol.30 No.1

Effects of age and education on the Simple Rey Figure Test in elderly Koreans

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General