Neuropsychological assessment of the severely impaired elderly patient: Validation of the Italian short version of the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB)

Validation of the Severe Impairment Battery for patients with Alzheimer's disease in Korea

“…Previous studies also confirmed the capability of the SIB to assess cognitive abilities of very severely impaired patients (Panisset et al, 1992;Panisset et al, 1994;Llinas et al, 1995;Pippi et al, 1999;Barbarotto et al, 2000). This study shows better test-retest reliability when compared to previous studies.…”

Defining severe dementia with the Minimum Data Set

“…Reviewing published data, a mean BANS-S score of 17 corresponded with a mean MMSE of 5 (Volicer et al, 1994;Bellelli et al, 1997;Brandeis et al, 1998;Frisoni et al, 1998;Pippi et al, 1999;Appollonio et al, 2005). We confirmed that a cutoff of 17 was appropriate (i.e.…”

Assessing early to late stage dementia: the TSI and BANS-S scales in the nursing-home

“…Differences exist among the various performance-based instruments, the most important probably being the time required for administration and the need for special equipment or intensive training: for example, both the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) (Saxton et al, 1990) and the Severe Cognitive Impairment Profile (SCIP) (Peavy et al, 1996) take at least 30-40 min for administration and should be more properly considered batteries aimed at obtaining a detailed neuropsychological profile. Even the short version of the SIB (Pippi et al, 1999) still contains 40 questions and takes 20-25 min (which may exceed the capabilities of some patients with severe dementia).…”