Age- and education-corrected independent normative data for the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample
Age- and education-corrected independent normative data for the RBANS in a community dwelling elderly sample
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DOI：
10.1076/clin.17.3.351.18082
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发表时间：
2003-08-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Adams, RL
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作者：
Duff, K;Patton, D;Adams, RL
用于评估神经心理状态的可重复成套测验（RBANS，兰多夫，1998）可能成为测量认知功能的流行筛查工具，特别是在老年患者中。因此，本研究试图通过报告718名社区居住老年人的RBANS表现来扩展原始规范数据。参与者从门诊初级保健机构招募，并评估人口统计学，医疗状况，功能状态和生活质量信息。利用四个经验支持的重叠中点年龄范围，根据其在累积频率分布中的位置，将单个子测试原始评分转换为年龄校正的比例评分。这些年龄校正的比例分数也被转换成教育校正的比例分数使用相同的方法在四个教育水平。独立指数和总分也是根据这一大型老年人样本的数据计算的。这些数据可能会大大提高RBANS的临床效用，使临床医生能够解释各个子测试，并进行子测试之间的直接比较。鼓励选择使用当前规范数据的从业人员和研究人员考虑当前样本与其个体患者或研究参与者之间的相似性和差异。
The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS, Randolph, 1998) is likely to become a popular screening instrument for measuring cognitive functioning, particularly in elderly patients. As such, the present study attempted to extend the original normative data by reporting on RBANS performances in a group of 718 community dwelling older adults. Participants were recruited from an outpatient primary care setting, and were assessed for demographic, medical status, functional status, and quality of life information. Utilizing four empirically supported overlapping midpoint age ranges, individual subtest raw scores were converted to age-corrected scaled scores based on their position within a cumulative frequency distribution. These age-corrected scaled scores were also converted into education-corrected scaled scores using the same methodology across four education levels. Independent Index and Total scores were also calculated based on the data from this large elderly sample. These data may considerably advance the clinical utility of the RBANS by allowing clinicians to interpret individual subtests and make direct comparisons between subtests. Practitioners and researchers who elect to use the current normative data are encouraged to consider the similarities and differences between the present sample and their individual patients or research participants.