The Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale-II with non-elderly veterans.
The Behavioral Dyscontrol Scale-II (BDS-II) is a unique test of frontal lobe function. Although the test was created for use in geriatric populations, it can add useful data to assessments of non-elderly patients. The original scoring system for the BDS was characterized by a low ceiling, limiting its use with higher functioning populations. The BDS-II scoring system was created to address this issue; however, new normative data were not published. This study used a non-elderly Veteran sample to compare the psychometric properties of the BDS and BDS-II scoring systems. The BDS-II showed improved psychometric properties (reductions in skewness and kurtosis) and was significantly more reliable than the BDS. Normative data using both the total sample, as well as the subsample of healthy individuals, are provided for clinical use.
Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC), Durham, NC, USA Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service Line, W.G. "Bill" Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, NC, USA Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA robert.shura2@va.gov.
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Shura
Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC), Durham, NC, USA Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Research & Education Service Line, W.G. "Bill" Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, NC, USA Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Jared A
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Rowland
Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Centers (MIRECC), Durham, NC, USA Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service Line, W.G. "Bill" Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, NC, USA Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Ruth E
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Yoash-Gantz
D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014728:Veterans
BDS; BDS-II; Executive functioning; Postdeployment; Reliability; Veteran