scholarly journals Validity of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for evaluation of everyday memory function in patients with mild cognitive impairment

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-174
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Kazui
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Everyday Memory ◽  
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test

scholarly journals Ecological assessment of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease using the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 339-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bolló-Gasol ◽  
G. Piñol-Ripoll ◽  
J.C. Cejudo-Bolivar ◽  
A. Llorente-Vizcaino ◽  
H. Peraita-Adrados
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Alzheimer Disease ◽  
Ecological Assessment ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test

scholarly journals Psychometric characteristics of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) as an early detection instrument for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1362-1362
Author(s):  
Mônica Sanches Yassuda ◽  
Mariana Kneese Flaks ◽  
Luciane Fátima Viola ◽  
Fernanda Speggiorin Pereira ◽  
Claudia Maia Memória ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Title Page ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test ◽  
Detection Instrument

On the title page, the authors' affiliations need to be reversed. The first author is affiliated to the Gerontology Department at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), University of São Paulo, and the remaining authors are affiliated to the Psychogeriatric Unit, Laboratory of Neuroscience (LIM 27), Department and Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo.

Assessment of Alcohol-related Memory Deficits: A Comparison between the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test and the California Verbal Learning Test

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arie J. Wester ◽  
Renée L. Roelofs ◽  
Jos I.M. Egger ◽  
Roy P.C. Kessels
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Cognitive Disorders ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Cued Recall ◽  
California Verbal Learning Test ◽  
Everyday Memory ◽  
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test ◽  
Learning Test

Objectives: Neuropsychological assessment of memory disorders is an important prerequisite in the treatment of patients with alcohol-related cognitive disorders. Although many memory tests are available in clinical practice, a question remains regarding which test is most appropriate for this purpose. Our study's goal was to evaluate the discriminative power of indices of a standard memory test (the California Verbal Learning Test; CVLT) versus the subtests of an ecologically valid everyday memory test (the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test; RBMT) in patients with alcohol-use disorder.Method: The patients included 136 with Korsakoff's syndrome (KS), 73 alcoholics with cognitive impairment (CI) not fulfilling the criteria for KS, and 24 cognitively unimpaired alcoholics (ALC).Results: KS patients performed significantly lower on all RBMT and CVLT variables than CI patients. ALC patients performed significantly better than CI patients on only one RBMT subtest, and had a significantly lower rate of forgetting and higher scores on free recall on CVLT. A combination of RBMT subtests and CVLT indices was able to discriminate KS patients from CI and ALC patients. The RBMT subtests could not significantly distinguish ALC from CI patients. Both rate of forgetting and a comparison between free and cued recall testing on the CVLT showed the largest between-group differences.Conclusion: Although the RBMT provides information about everyday memory performance, the CVLT indices are better able to distinguish between uncomplicated alcoholics and those with cognitive impairment or KS.

Psychometric characteristics of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) as an early detection instrument for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1003-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Sanches Yassuda ◽  
Mariana Kneese Flaks ◽  
Luciane Fátima Viola ◽  
Fernanda Speggiorin Pereira ◽  
Claudia Maia Memória ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Memory Decline ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test ◽  
Detection Instrument ◽  
Normal Controls

ABSTRACTBackground: The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) assesses everyday memory by means of tasks which mimic daily challenges. The objective was to examine the validity of the Brazilian version of the RBMT to detect cognitive decline.Methods: 195 older adults were diagnosed as normal controls (NC) or with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) by a multidisciplinary team, after participants completed clinical and neuropsychological protocols.Results: Cronbach's α was high for the total sample for the RBMT profile (PS) and screening scores (SS) (PS = 0.91, SS = 0.87) and for the AD group (PS = 0.84, SS = 0.85), and moderate for the MCI (PS = 0.62, SS = 0.55) and NC (PS = 0.62, SS = 0.60) groups. RBMT total scores, Appointment, Pictures, Immediate and Delayed Story, Immediate and Delayed Route, Delayed Message and Date contributed to differentiate NC from MCI. ROC curve analyses indicated high accuracy to differentiate NC from AD patients, and, moderate accuracy to differentiate NC from MCI.Conclusions: The Brazilian version of the RBMT seems to be an appropriate instrument to identify memory decline in Brazilian older adults.

Effects of Gossypium herbaceam Extract Administration on the Learning and Memory Function in the Naturally Aged Rats: Neuronal Niche Improvement1

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyong Liu ◽  
Haji Akber Aisa ◽  
Chao Ji ◽  
Nan Yang ◽  
Haibo Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Learning And Memory ◽  
Memory Impairment ◽  
Neuroprotective Effect ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Aged Rats

Aging-associated cognitive impairment is an important health care issue since individuals with mild cognitive impairment are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. In the present study, the protective effect of Gossypium herbaceam extracts (GHE) on learning and memory impairment associated with aging were examined in vivo using Morris water maze and step through task. Furthermore, the antioxidant activity and neuroprotective effect of GHE was investigated with methods of histochemistry and biochemistry. These data showed that oral administration with GHE at the doses of 35, 70, and 140 mg/kg exerted an improved effect on the learning and memory impairment in aged rats. Subsequently, GHE afforded a beneficial action on eradication of free radicals without influence on the activity of glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase. GHE treatment enhanced the expression levels of nerve growth factor. Meanwhile, proliferation of neural progenitor cells was elevated in hippocampus after treatment with GHE. Taken together, neurogenic niche improvement could be involved in the mechanism underlying neuroprotection of GHE against aging-associated cognitive impairment. These findings suggested that GHE might be a potential agent as cognitive-enhancing drugs that delay or halt mild cognitive impairment progression to Alzheimer’s disease or treatment of aging-associated cognitive impairment.

scholarly journals The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Episodic Memory Impairment in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Do Episodic Memory Deficits Identified at Classification Remain Evident When Later Examined with Different Memory Tests?

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Zofia Klekociuk ◽  
Mathew James Summers
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Memory Deficits ◽  
Memory Tests ◽  
Amnestic Mci ◽  
Screening Assessment ◽  
Multiple Domain

Previous studies of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have been criticised for using the same battery of neuropsychological tests during classification and longitudinal followup. The key concern is that there is a potential circularity when the same tests are used to identify MCI and then subsequently monitor change in function over time. The aim of the present study was to examine the evidence of this potential circularity problem. The present study assessed the memory function of 72 MCI participants and 50 healthy controls using an alternate battery of visual and verbal episodic memory tests 9 months following initial comprehensive screening assessment and MCI classification. Individuals who were classified as multiple-domain amnestic MCI (a-MCI+) at screening show a significantly reduced performance in visual and verbal memory function at followup using a completely different battery of valid and reliable tests. Consistent with their initial classification, those identified as nonamnestic MCI (na-MCI) or control at screening demonstrated the highest performance across the memory tasks. The results of the present study indicate that persistent memory deficits remain evident in amnestic MCI subgroups using alternate memory tests, suggesting that the concerns regarding potential circularity of logic may be overstated in MCI research.

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