Description
Offering valuable enhancements, the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update® (RBANS® Update) is a brief, individually administered battery to measure cognitive decline or improvement.
Offering valuable enhancements, the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update® (RBANS® Update) is a brief, individually administered battery to measure cognitive decline or improvement.
Author:
Christopher Randolph
Overview:Offering valuable enhancements, the RBANS Update provides a brief, individually administered battery to measure cognitive decline or improvement across these domains:
Age Range:12:0 - 89:11 years
Administration:Digital or Paper-and-pencil
Scoring Option:Q-interactive® Web-based Administration and Scoring or Manual Scoring
Completion Time:30 minutes
Scores/Interpretation:Index standard scores, sub-test standard scores, total score
Publication Date:2012
Offering valuable enhancements, the RBANS Update provides a brief, individually administered battery to measure cognitive decline or improvement across these domains:
- Immediate Memory – List Learning and Story Memory
- Visuospatial/Constructional – Figure Copy and Line Orientation
- Language – Picture naming and Semantic Fluency
- Attention – Digit Span and Coding
- Delayed Memory – List Recall, List Recognition, Story Memory, and Figure Recall
Uses & Applications
This instrument is used by clinicians and neuropsychologists to help:
- Screen for deficits in acute-care settings
- Track recovery during rehabilitation
- Track progression of neurological disorders
- Screen for neurocognitive status in adolescents
Features & Benefits
RBANS Update provides significant improvements, including:
- Downward age extension to 12:0 years
- Equating studies for Forms C and D and Spanish Form A
- Subtest scores now available in addition to index scores
- Manual updates, including new information on adolescents and review of RBANS-specific research conducted since original publication (1998)
Parallel Forms
Ideal for measuring change over time, RBANS Update offers four parallel forms. Form A offers a single set of norms based on age, gender, race, education, and geographic region with equating studies and adjustments for Forms B-D and Spanish Form A.
RBANS Update can also be used in a variety of ways including:
- As a stand-alone “core” battery for the detection and characterization of dementia in the elderly
- As a neuropsychological “screen battery” when lengthier standardization assessments are either impractical or inappropriate
- For repeat evaluations when an alternate form is needed to control for content practice effects
- In Clinical Trials to identify inclusion/exclusion criteria as well as efficacy and cognitive side effects
Setting-Specific Information
Although RBANS Update was originally developed with a primary focus on assessment of dementia, special group studies are available for Alzheimer’s Disease, Vascular Dementia, HIV Dementia, Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Depression, Schizophrenia, and Closed Head Injury. With the additional collection of adolescent data, RBANS Update also has utility as a screener for neurocognitive status in younger patients as well. Finally, RBANS UPDATE has been used in a number of Clinical Trials. It is available in over 20 languages and may be licensed for inclusion specialized record forms. Please contact us at Pas.licensing@pearson.com for additional information.
Pre-recorded Webinars
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RBANS Update on Q-interactive
Presenter: James Henke and John A. Hanson, Ph.D., LP
Join us to learn about the RBANS Update on Q-interactive, our iPad®- and web-based digital assessment system that engages examinees and provides you the ultimate tools for accuracy and efficiency.
Through this first-ever live demonstration, learn how RBANS Update on Q-interactive delivers on the content and procedures you know and trust, while also streamlining your assessment workflow so you can focus on client observation. You will see how the system’s library of digital tests and real-time scoring give you the ability to customize your test battery and quickly address client needs.
Date: Mar 15, 2017
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RBANS Update: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
Presenter: Anne-Marie Kimbell, PhD
The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is a brief, individually administered test designed to evaluate neuropsychological status of adults, ages 20-89. The 12 subtests measure attention, language, visuospatial/constructional abilities, and immediate and delayed memory. During this two-hour webinar, the presenter will describe administration, scoring, and basic interpretation of the RBANS subtests.
As a result of this web-based presentation, participants will:
- Describe the indexes and subtests of the RBANS;
- Discuss administration and scoring of the subtests;
- Discuss interpretation of the results
Date: Dec 18, 2012
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Overview of R-BANS Webinar
Presenter: Gloria Maccow, PhD, and Assessment Training Consultant
The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is a brief, individually administered test designed to evaluate neuropsychological status of adults, ages 20-89. The 12 subtests measure attention, language, visuospatial/constructional abilities, and immediate and delayed memory. During this two-hour webinar, the presenter will describe administration, scoring, and basic interpretation of the RBANS subtests.
As a result of this web-based presentation, participants will:
- Describe the indexes and subtests of the RBANS;
- Discuss administration and scoring of the subtests;
- Discuss interpretation of the results
Date: Oct 27, 2010
Video: RBANS Update on Q-interactiveBenefits of RBANS Update on Q-interactive
- Screen with RBANS and drill deeper with WAIS-IV, WMS-IV, CVLT 3 and a variety of other products.
- Administer multiple times with alternative forms to monitor progress
- Improve accuracy and speed thanks to automated scoring
- Standardize administration like visual cues that help you administer List Learning at the correct pace
