[The Japanese version of RBANS (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status)].
In Japan, neuropsychological assessment of dementing illnesses has been done mainly using Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and a revised version of Hasegawa Dementia Scale (HDS-R). However, because of a lack of appropriately designed test domains, early detection of senile dementia and/or cognitive impairment is hardly possible, even if using these batteries. This paper is to introduce a Japanese Version of RBANS (Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status) which was originally developed by Randolph and revised by us. The entire battery of Japanese Version RBANS took less than 30 minutes to administer, and yielded scaled scores for five cognitive domains such as immediate memory, visuospatial/constructional ability, language, attention, and delayed memory. On RBANS, abnormal cognitive decline in the older adult was much easily detected, being compared to MMSE and HDS-R: 52 normal volunteer subjects ranging from 24 to 80 years old showed a significant (p < 0.05 on t test) impairment of delayed and immediate memories due to ageing. The aged (60-79) subjects with average scores of MMSE and HDS-R being over 25, significantly showed impairment of both immediate memory (list and story learnings) and delayed memory (list, story and figure recalls). The present data suggest that the Japanese Version RBANS is useful for both detecting and characterizing early dementia, and should be widely utilized for a neuropsychological screening battery in the clinical practice throughout Japan.
Yamashima
Tetsumori
T
Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Neuroscience, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Takara-machi 13-1, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan.
Yoshida
Manami
M
Kumahashi
Kazuhiko
K
Matsui
Mie
M
Koshino
Yoshifumi
Y
Higashima
Masato
M
Nagasawa
Tatsuya
T
Ueki
Akira
A
Ohtsuka
Mieko
M
Aoki
Shozo
S
Imuro
Shinya
S
Mori
Norio
N
Takei
Norichika
N
Hoshino
Ryouichi
R
Minabe
Yoshio
Y
Nanba
Yoshio
Y
Nanba
Mayumi
M
Kira
Jun-ichi
J
Ohyagi
Yasumasa
Y
Haraoka
Joh
J
Akimoto
Jiro
J
Miura
Nobuyoshi
N
Kimura
Shingo
S
Matsushita
Masaaki
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D003071:Cognition; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards