title: Retention rates on RBANS memory subtests in elderly adults.
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.
authors.affiliation: American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. Michael.Schoenberg@UHHospitals.org
authors.forename: Mike R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duff
authors.forename: Leigh J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Beglinger
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bayless
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: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014796:Visual Perception