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Examining the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status: Factor Analytic Studies in an Elderly Sample
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Examining the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status: Factor Analytic Studies in an Elderly Sample

Kevin Duff, Douglas R Langbehn, Mike R Schoenberg, David J Moser, Lyle E Baade, James Mold, James G Scott and Russell L Adams
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, Vol.14(11), pp.976-979
11/2006
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000229690.70011.cd
PMID: 17068320

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Abstract

The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), a recently developed cognitive assessment instrument, has been shown to be useful with a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions, but its factor structure has not been examined. Using 824 community-dwelling elders, the RBANS was examined with confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses. The existing structure of the RBANS was not supported; however, a two-factor solution was. Clinicians and researchers using the RBANS should be cautious when interpreting this measure with its existing structure.
exploratory factor analysis confirmatory factor analysis RBANS elderly

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