The development and validation of a test battery for detecting and monitoring everyday memory problems

Wilson, Barbara A.; Cockburn, Janet; Baddeley, Alan; Hiorns, R. W.

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“…(29). To facilitate comparisons between tests, all of the cognitive and grip strength measures were standardized to a common metric, with a mean of 100 and standard deviation of 10 for the complete baseline sample.…”

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Apolipoprotein E ε4 and Later-Life Decline in Cognitive Function and Grip Strength

Batterham¹,

Bunce²,

Christensen³

2013

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Objectives: Presence of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) 4 allele is a risk factor for dementia, while the 2 allele offers protection against dementia. There is also evidence for a relationship between APOE genotype and changes in cognitive function. It is not clear however, whether this relationship stems from undetected disease in persons genetically more vulnerable to dementia. This study examined whether APOE genotype was associated with either initial performance or change in performance on a range of cognitive and noncognitive tasks, after accounting for possible preclinical dementia.Design: A population-based cohort was assessed up to four times over 12 years. Participants:The sample was an Australian cohort of 590 participants aged 70 and over who were genotyped for APOE.Measurements: The outcomes were processing speed, verbal fluency, episodic memory, word recognition, face recognition, grip strength and reaction time.Results: Adjusted latent growth models indicated that 4 carriers had significantly poorer initial memory performance and greater declines in processing speed and word recognition, compared to 2 and 3 carriers. In addition, 2 carriers exhibited significantly less decline in right grip strength than 3 carriers. However, after excluding 125 participants with low global cognition scores, all genotype effects became non-significant.Conclusions: Over a 12 year period, findings indicate that APOE 4-related cognitive decline in older community-dwelling populations is due to a higher likelihood of preclinical dementia among 4 carriers. When possible dementia cases are removed from the analyses, 4 associations with cognitive decline become statistically unreliable. APOE and cognitive decline in late life 3

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Apolipoprotein E ε4 and Later-Life Decline in Cognitive Function and Grip Strength

Batterham¹,

Bunce²,

Christensen³

2013

The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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“…The RBMT test developers stated that "the RBMT may not be suitable for picking up very mild impairments-indeed the test was not designed for this purpose." 13 We thus were using a rather blunt instrument to measure memory impairment; however, despite this, it is striking that approximately four of five patients assessed for liver transplantation were below the normal range on a test designed to identify everyday memory problems. Coupled with the observation of marked psychomotor slowing, it suggests that the cognitive status of candidates for liver transplantation may be more frequently and severely impaired than generally realized.…”

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“…We therefore elected to assess memory using the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT). 13 This test was developed specifically as an ecologically valid measure, i.e., one that would detect memory impairment that would have a significant impact on day-to-day functioning. Furthermore, the RBMT has four matched parallel versions to allow for repeated assessment over time.…”

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Psychological outcome and quality of life following liver transplantation: A prospective, national, single-center study

O’Carroll

Couston

Cossar

et al. 2003

Liver Transplantation

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Liver transplantation is a well-established treatment for liver failure. Prolongation in survival is accepted, but long-term effects of liver transplantation on cognitive and psychological outcome are unclear. In the present study, psychological data were prospectively collected for 164 patients who were assessed for liver transplantation. Memory impairment, psychomotor slowing, anxiety, and depression were commonly observed. Severity of liver disease at assessment was significantly associated with slowing of reaction time. Memory impairment distinguished those who were not listed for transplantation because of illness severity. One year posttransplantation, follow-up data from transplant recipients showed significant improvement in most psychological domains relative to both healthy comparison participants and patients with chronic liver disease who did not undergo transplantation. Immunosuppression (cyclosporine versus tacrolimus) did not have differential effects on quality of life, fatigue, or affective status, although those administered cyclosporine showed greater improvements at 1-year follow-up on simple and choice reaction times. Elevated levels of anxiety and neuroticism at pretransplantation assessment were associated with worse psychosocial outcome at 1 year posttransplantation. Severity of liver disease was not related to psychological outcome at 1 year. Good psychological outcome at 1 year was maintained at the 3-year follow-up. (Liver Transpl 2003;9:712-720.)

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“…The patients were evaluated on the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT; Wilson, Cockburn, Baddeley, & Hiorns, 1989) which is a test battery for detecting and monitoring everyday memory problems. The mean screen total was 8.55 (range 7-12), which indicates a memory impairment.…”

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A Comparison of Implicit Memory Tests in Schizophrenic Patients and Normal Controls

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The objective of the current study was to compare the performance of schizophrenic patients and normal controls on implicit memory tests. Two neuropsychological tasks were administered to 29 patients and normal participant samples. The implicit tests were: Word fragment completion and Word production from semantic categories. The priming score was the variable of interest. Priming effects are obtained in normal subjects and schizophrenia patients, regardless of the implicit test used. However, a dissociation in priming between normal and patient groups was observed, depending on the test used. For word fragment test, priming was identical between the two groups. However, for word production, priming obtained in schizophrenics was lower than priming in normal controls. Results confirm a dissociation effect in implicit memory tests. These results could be explained in the context of the Roediger and Blaxton (1987) distinction between data-driven and conceptually-driven processing. This evidence suggests that a complete neuropsychological assessment of memory in schizophrenia should include different kinds of implicit memory tests (procedural, perceptual, and conceptual tasks). Keywords: priming, implicit memory, schizophrenia, memory impairmentEl objetivo de este estudio fue comparar la ejecución de pacientes esquizofrénicos y controles no clínicos en tests de memoria implícita. Se administraron dos pruebas neuropsicológicas a una muestra de 29 pacientes y a dos muestras de participantes no clínicos. Los tests implícitos fueron: Completar fragmentos de palabras y Generación de ejemplares de categorías semánticas. La variable de interés fue la facilitación. Los efectos de facilitación se obtienen en sujetos no clínicos y en pacientes esquizofrénicos, independientemente del test implícito que se utilice. Sin embargo, se ha observado una disociación en la facilitación entre grupos de controles y pacientes, dependiendo del test utilizado. En tests de fragmentos de palabras la facilitación es idéntica en los dos grupos. Sin embargo, en producción de palabras, la facilitación obtenida en esquizofrénicos es menor que la facilitación en controles. Los resultados confirman la existencia de un efecto disociativo en tests de memoria implícita. Estos resultados podrían explicarse en el contexto de la distinción de Roediger y Blaxton (1987) entre procesamiento guiado por los datos y procesamiento guiado conceptualmente. Esta evidencia sugiere que la evaluación neuropsicológica de la memoria en la esquizofrenia debería incluir distintos tipos de pruebas de memoria implícita (procedimentales, perceptuales, y conceptuales). Palabras clave: facilitación, memoria implícita, esquizofrenia, daños en memoria

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The development and validation of a test battery for detecting and monitoring everyday memory problems

Cited by 460 publications

References 4 publications

Apolipoprotein E ε4 and Later-Life Decline in Cognitive Function and Grip Strength

Apolipoprotein E ε4 and Later-Life Decline in Cognitive Function and Grip Strength

Psychological outcome and quality of life following liver transplantation: A prospective, national, single-center study

A Comparison of Implicit Memory Tests in Schizophrenic Patients and Normal Controls

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