Sonia María Dozzi Brucki|Maria Sheila Guimarães Rocha
Category fluency test: effects of age, gender and education on total scores, clustering and switching in Brazilian Portuguese-speaking subjects
Hospital Santa Marcelina|Hospital Santa Marcelina
verbal fluency tests used measure executive functions language also used evaluate semantic memorywe analyzed influence education gender age scores verbal fluency test using animal category number categories clustering switchingwe examined 257 healthy participants 152 females 105 males mean age 4942 years sd 1575 mean educational level 558 sd 425 yearswe asked name many animals couldanalysis variance performed determine effect demographic variablesno significant effect gender observed measureshowever age seemed influence number category changes expected sensitive frontal measure controlled effect educationeducational level statistically significant effect measures except clusteringsubject performance mean number animals named according schooling illiterates 121 1 4 years 123 5 8 years 140 9 11 years 167 11 years 178we observed decrease performance five educational groups time items recalled first 15 followed progressive reduction fourth intervalwe conclude education greatest effect category fluency test brazilian sampletherefore must take care evaluating performance lower educational subjects