The Equivalence and Difference between the English and Chinese Language Versions of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Cheung, Yin Bun; Collinson, Simon L.; Lim, May-Li; Ling, Audrey; Feng, Lei; Ng, Tze‐Pin

doi:10.1080/13854046.2015.1034182

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“…Norms were available for Form A of both tests for Chinese Singaporean older adults [ 21 ]. Except for the digit span subtest, the English and Mandarin versions of RBANS Form A were equivalent in this population [ 29 ]. However, RBANS and CTT-2 Form B were modified for this study and have not been validated previously.…”

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Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Community-Based Brain-Computer Interface Cognitive Group Training in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial

Yeo

Nguyen

et al. 2021

JMIR Form Res

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Background Cognitive training can improve cognition in healthy older adults. Objective The objectives are to evaluate the implementation of community-based computerized cognitive training (CCT) and its effectiveness on cognition, gait, and balance in healthy older adults. Methods A single-blind randomized controlled trial with baseline and follow-up assessments was conducted at two community centers in Singapore. Healthy community-dwelling adults aged 55 years and older participated in a 10-week CCT program with 2-hour instructor-led group classes twice a week. Participants used a mobile app to play games targeting attention, memory, decision making, visuospatial abilities, and cognitive flexibility. Implementation was assessed at the participant, provider, and community level (eg, reach, implementation, and facilitators and barriers). Effectiveness measures were the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Color Trails Test 2 (CTT-2), Berg Balance Scale, and GAITRite walkway measures (single and dual task gait speed, dual task cost, and single and dual task gait variability index [GVI]). Results A total of 94 healthy community-dwelling adults participated in the CCT program (mean age 68.8 [SD 6.3] years). Implementation measures revealed high reach (125/155, 80.6%) and moderate adherence but poor penetration of sedentary older adults (43/125, 34.4%). The effectiveness data were based on intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) analysis. In the ITT analysis, single task GVI increased ( b =2.32, P =.02, 95% CI [0.30 to 4.35]) and RBANS list recognition subtest deteriorated ( b =–0.57, P =.01, 95% CI [–1.00 to –0.14]) in both groups. In the PP analysis, time taken to complete CTT-2 ( b =–13.5, P =.01, 95% CI [–23.95 to –3.14]; Cohen d effect size = 0.285) was faster in the intervention group. Single task gait speed was not statistically significantly maintained in the intervention group ( b =5.38, P =.06, 95% CI [–0.30 to 11.36]) and declined in the control group (Cohen d effect size = 0.414). PP analyses also showed interaction terms for RBANS list recall subtest ( b =–0.36, P =.08, 95% CI [–0.75 to 0.04]) and visuospatial domain ( b =0.46, P =.08, 95% CI [–0.05 to 0.96]) that were not statistically significant. Conclusions CCT can be implemented in community settings to improve attention and executive function among healthy older adults. Findings help to identify suitable healthy aging programs that can be implemented on a larger scale within communities. T...

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Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Community-Based Brain-Computer Interface Cognitive Group Training in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial

Yeo

Nguyen

et al. 2021

JMIR Form Res

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“…The patients were assessed with several clinical scales, including the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) ( 46 ), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) ( 47 ), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) ( 47 ), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) ( 48 ). In addition, the cognitive function of each participant was assessed with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (brief form), Stroop's color-word test ( 49 ), and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) ( 50 ). Five aspects of the RBANS were evaluated, including attention, speech, visual span, immediate memory, and delayed memory.…”

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Reduced Plasma Dopamine-β-Hydroxylase Activity Is Associated With the Severity of Bipolar Disorder: A Pilot Study

Sun

Mao

et al. 2021

Front. Psychiatry

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Dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DβH) is an enzyme converting dopamine to norepinephrine, a key neurotransmitter in mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Due to overlapping symptomology of unipolar and bipolar depression, the present study attempted to explorer if the plasma DβH activity could discriminate the depressive episodes of BD from MDD. The aim of this study was to compare the plasma DβH activity among MDD patients (n = 104), BD patients (n = 101), and healthy controls (n = 160). Clinical characteristics and cognitive function were assessed using the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS), Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Our data showed a lower plasma DβH activity in patients with BD, not MDD, than that in controls. For the BD patients, the plasma DβH activities were negatively correlated with HAM-D scores and HAM-A scores. However, there was no significant correlation between plasma DβH activity and severity of depressive symptoms in MDD patients. No significant correlation between DβH activities and cognitive assessments neither in BD nor in MDD patients. The present study provides evidence that BD is associated with decreased circulating DβH activity.

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“…Hokkien, Teochew and Cantonese are dialects commonly used in Singapore and southern China. The translation procedure by a committee of trained multilingual research psychologists has previously been described (Collinson et al, 2014) and the equivalence of these translated test scores to the original English version has been investigated and reported (Phillips et al, 2015). Individual test performance was scored according to standardized instructions (Randolph, 1998), except for the figure copy and figure recall subtests, which were scored according to the widely accepted, modified criteria, suggested by Duff et al (2003) to give the 12 raw subtest scores.…”

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The Minimum Clinically Important Difference in the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Phillips

Gao

Collinson

et al. 2015

The Clinical Neuropsychologist

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We estimated the MCID for the total scale score, language, immediate memory, delayed memory, visuospatial/constructional, and attention indexes of the RBANS as 8, 9, 10, 10, 6, and 4 points, respectively. These estimates are best suited to discriminate between patient groups, for example, in a clinical trial setting. Further research is needed using longitudinal data to assess their applicability to assess within patient differences.

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The Equivalence and Difference between the English and Chinese Language Versions of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Community-Based Brain-Computer Interface Cognitive Group Training in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial

Evaluation of the Implementation and Effectiveness of Community-Based Brain-Computer Interface Cognitive Group Training in Healthy Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Implementation Trial

Reduced Plasma Dopamine-β-Hydroxylase Activity Is Associated With the Severity of Bipolar Disorder: A Pilot Study

The Minimum Clinically Important Difference in the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

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