title: Spanish translation and adaptation of the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status (RBANS) Form A in a pilot sample.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  RBANS is a short neuropsychological battery which has shown to be sensitive in detecting cognitive impairment in degenerative and non-degenerative diseases. It has been translated and adapted to different languages and is widely used in other countries, but no Spanish version has been published. The objective was to make a valid translation of the RBANS to Spanish, and obtain a version adapted to the Spanish population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 73 subjects: 25 males with a mean age of 54 years and 9.72 years of education, and 48 females with a mean age of 53 years and 10.29 years of education. The battery was translated using the translation-back-translation method (with slight differences), followed by a descriptive pilot study in a sample of the normal population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An overall reliability coefficient with a Cronbach alpha of 0.73 was obtained in the translation and adaptation of the RBANS, Form A (1998). Statistically significant positive correlations between the indices were obtained.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The version translated and adapted to Spanish performs similarly to the original version.
authors: Unidad de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de las Demencias, Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa, Barcelona, España. silmunt@gmail.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Muntal Encinas
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authors: Gramunt-Fombuena
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authors: Badenes Guia
authors: L
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authors: Casas Hernanz
authors: M
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authors: Aguilar Barbera
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain