Norms for Letter and Number Sequencing, Figure Weights and Cancellation subtests for the elderly Italian population

Lina Pezzuti, Serena Rossetti

Accepted August 31, 2017

First published August 31, 2017

Abstract

The administration of the three supplementary subtests Letter and Number Sequencing, Figure Weights and Cancellation in WAIS-IV to people over 69 years of age is not included in the scaling of any other countries around
the world. Since it was not possible to find a justification for this decision, the curators decided to administer all 15 subtests to people aged 70 to 90 during WAIS-IV scaling. This work presents the table converting raw scores into
weighted points for four age groups between the ages of 70 and 90. It also provides the reliability and the standard measurement errors of the three subtests for the four age groups. The usefulness to clinicians of using these subtests
among the elderly is discussed.

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