Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status as a Screening Test in Chinese:Reliability and Validity
- VernacularTitle:重复性成套神经心理状态测验的信度、效度分析
- Author:
Baohua ZHANG
;
Yunlong TAN
;
Wufang ZHANG
;
Zhiren WANG
;
Guigang YANG
;
Chuan SHI
;
Xiangyang ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
neuropsychological assessment;
reliability;
validity;
cross-sectional study
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2002;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status(RBANS),which is specially for assessing cognitive functions in non-dementia mental disorders.Methods: Altogether 451 healthy adults who were recruited from both rural and urban areas in Beijing were evaluated with the RBANS,and 97 adults were tested with the Brief Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale(WAIS) and Wechsler Memory Scale simultaneously(WMS).Forty-one adults were reevaluated with RBANS 12 weeks later.The data was analyzed by using correlation analysis and factor analysis.Results: The Cronbachs'? coefficient of RBANS total scale was 0.90;the Cronbachs'? coefficients of immediate memory,visuospatial,language,attention and delayed memory were 0.86,0.68,0.67,0.85 and 0.80 respectively.The test-retest reliability of total scale was 0.90 and that of subscales were 0.65,0.68,0.53,0.80 and 0.79 respectively(P
