The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT; Grober and Buschke, 1987) remains the most relevant neuropsychological assessment for episodic memory impairment and its nature. To our knowledge, there is no Arabic adaptation of this test. Our purpose is to describe its adaptation and standardization in Moroccan population. The sample of our study is composed of 170 normal subjects (88 men and 82 women). All the participants can read Arabic, have no neurological, neuropsychological, psychiatric or toxic history, and have a preserved cognitive functioning, as assessed by the Moroccan version of the Mini Mental State Examination (El Alaoui Faris et al., 2003). Subjects were equally divided between genders, and into 4 age groups (18-39, 40-59, 60-69, 70 years and older), with 3 education levels (3-6, 7-10, 11 years and over). The global memory performance of subjects was 14.9 (SD 1.4) for the first total recall (TR) and 15.7 (SD 0.5) for the third. The total of the 3 TR was 47.1 (SD 1.1) in the first age group; 46.2 (SD 2.3) in the second; 45.7 (SD 2.1) in the third; 45.1 (SD 2.7) in the latter. This score was 44.9 (SD 2.6) in the first education level; 46.3 (SD 1.7) in the second; 47.2 (SD 1.2) in the third. There were no significant differences between men and women. This study provides normative data of the FCSRT in Arabic. Our results show that memory performances decrease with advancing of age and increase with educational levels, with no significant influence of gender.

Azdad, A. et al. Adaptation and standardization of the free and cued selective reminding test to the Moroccan population.Journal of the Neurological Sciences , Volume 381 , 318

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.902