Journal article
Retention Rates on RBANS Memory Subtests in Elderly Adults
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, Vol.21(1), pp.26-33
03/2008
DOI: 10.1177/0891988707311030
PMID: 18287167
Abstract
Identification of memory impairment is important for neuropsychological diagnostic and research applications, and retention rates on verbal and visual memory tests can provide useful information when characterizing a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Although the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is becoming a popular screening battery for cognitive functions, normative data on retention rates are not available. The retention rates of verbal and visual material were evaluated in a sample of clinical patients (n = 109) compared to a healthy control group (n = 718). Individual subtest retention rates were converted to age-corrected scaled scores based on the cumulative distribution of raw scores obtained by an elderly community-dwelling sample. Compared with the healthy normative sample, the percent retention found for the clinical group was significantly lower on all 3 RBANS memory subtests. These preliminary data suggest that retention rates of the RBANS memory subtests may add to the clinical utility of this test as a neuropsychological diagnostic and research tool.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Retention Rates on RBANS Memory Subtests in Elderly Adults
- Creators
- Mike R Schoenberg - University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OhioKevin Duff - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaLeigh J Beglinger - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaDavid J Moser - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaJohn D Bayless - University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaJames Mold - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OklahomaJames G Scott - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OklahomaRussell L Adams - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, Vol.21(1), pp.26-33
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- DOI
- 10.1177/0891988707311030
- PMID
- 18287167
- ISSN
- 0891-9887
- eISSN
- 1552-5708
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Medicine Administration; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984004082502771
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