title: Examining the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status: factor analytic studies in an elderly sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 824 community-dwelling elders, the RBANS was examined with confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The existing structure of the RBANS was not supported; however, a two-factor solution was.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians and researchers using the RBANS should be cautious when interpreting this measure with its existing structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000, USA. kevin-duff@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duff
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Langbehn
authors.forename: Mike R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: Lyle E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Baade
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mold
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Russell L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D015982:Bias; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009825:Oklahoma; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results