Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 1998, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 336-547 1¥380.3395/98/2004-536512.00 © Swets & Zeitlinger Normative Data for the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale* John A. Lucas!, Robert J. Ivnik', Glenn E. Smith, Daryl L. Bohac!, Eric G, Tangalos?, Emye Kokmen*, Neill R. Graff-Radford?, and Ronald C, Petersen? "Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, *Division of Community Internal Medic and "Department of ‘Neurology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN and Jacksonville, FL ABSTRACT ‘Age-adjusted normative data are presented for persons over age 55 on the Matis Dementia Rating Scale. ‘Additional adjustment for the effect of education on test performance is also provided. These data were ‘collected as part of Mayo's Older Americans Normative Studies (MOANS) in a continuing effor to de velop age-appropriate norms for older persons on commonly used neuropsychologieal tess. The normative data presented here should prove more useful in characterizing the presence and Severity of general cogni tive dysfunction than currently available norms. Limitations and unique features of MOANS normative data are also discussed. Over the past decade, investigators at Mayo Clinic have collected and published normative data for older adults on a number of commonly used neuropsychological measures. These pro- jects are part of a systematic program of re- search on aging that also includes investigations of the boundary between normal aging and early, _ dementia (Smith et al.,1991; Smith eta, 1996), stability of cognitive functioning over time (Ivnik et al., 1995; Malec, Smith, Ivnik, Petersen, & Tangalos, 1996), and neurogenetic influences on cognition in normal older adults (Finton etal, in press: Smith et al., 1998). Ear- lier MOANS studies provided normative data for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Re- vised (WAIS-R; Wechsler, 1981; Ivnik et al., 1992a; Malec et al., 1992), Wechsler Memory Scale (Wechsler, 1945; Ivnik et al, 1991), Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R; Wechsler, 1987; Ivnik et a.,.1992b), Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT; Rey, 1964; Ivnik et al, 1990, 1992c), Mayo Cognitive Factor Scales (Smith etal., 1994b), and the Visual Spa- tial Learning Test (Malec, Ivnik, & Hinkeldey, 1991; Malecet al, 1992a), These were later sup- plemented (Ivnik, Malec, Smith, Tangalos, & Petersen, 1996) with norms for Judgment of Line Orientation (Benton. Hamsher, Varney, & Spreen, 1983), Stroop Color Word Test (Golden, 1978), Trail Making Test (Spréen & Strauss, 1991), Boston Naming Test (Kaplan. Goodglass, & Weintraub, 1978), Token Test and Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT) of the Multilingual Aphasia Examination (Benton & Hamsher, 1978), Reading subtest of the Wide Range Achievement Test ~ Revised (Jastak & Wilkinson, 1984), and the American version of the National Adult Reading Test (AMNART; "This study was supported by the people of Rochester, MN, Jacksonville, FL, and surrounding regions, as well as by grants from the Mayo Foundation, the National Institute on Aging (AGOS031, AGOS7S6), and the State of Florida Alaheimer's Disease Initiative (FL-2J-02). Portions of this study were presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Las Vegas, NV November 10-13, 1997. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance ofthe staffs of the Mayo Clinic Psychological Assessment Laboratory and Department of Biostatistics, Myo"s Alzheimer’s Disease Center, and the Memory Disorders Clinic at Mayo Clinie Jacksonville ‘Address correspondence to: John A. Lucas, Department of Psychiatry and Psyehology. Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 44500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. E-mail: jlueas@mayo.edu ‘Accepted for publication: May 21, 1998.