The Frontal Assessment Battery: Normative Performance in a Large Sample of Older Community-Dwelling Hospital Outpatient or General Practitioner Attenders

The Frontal Assessment Battery: Normative Performance in a Large Sample of Older Community-Dwelling Hospital Outpatient or General Practitioner Attenders

Background: The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a short battery designed to assess frontal executive functioning, but data for interpretation of performance are limited. Objectives: The Trinity, Ulster, Department of Agriculture (TUDA) study provided the opportunity to derive performance data fr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2016-11, Vol.29 (6), p.338-343
Hauptverfasser: Coen, Robert F., McCarroll, Kevin, Casey, Miriam, McNulty, Helene, Laird, Eamon, Molloy, Anne M., Ward, M., Strain, J. J., Hoey, Leane, Hughes, Catherine, Cunningham, Conal J.
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Zusammenfassung:Background: The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) is a short battery designed to assess frontal executive functioning, but data for interpretation of performance are limited. Objectives: The Trinity, Ulster, Department of Agriculture (TUDA) study provided the opportunity to derive performance data from a large sample of community-dwelling hospital outpatient or general practitioner (GP) attenders. Methods: Normative analysis based on 2508 TUDA participants meeting these criteria: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) >26/30, not depressed (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression
ISSN:0891-9887
1552-5708
DOI:10.1177/0891988716666381