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Retention Rates on RBANS Memory Subtests in Elderly Adults

Mike R. Schoenberg, PhD

University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, Michael.Schoenberg{at}UHHospitals.org

Kevin Duff, PhD

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

Leigh J. Beglinger, PhD

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

David J. Moser, PhD

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

John D. Bayless, PhD

University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa

James Mold, MD, MPH

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

James G. Scott, PhD

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Russell L. Adams, PhD

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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.

Key Words: memory • dementia • retention rates • test • forgetting

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 21, No. 1, 26-33 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0891988707311030
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