PMID- 9547957
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19980713
LR  - 20191024
IS  - 0144-6657 (Print)
IS  - 0144-6657 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 1
DP  - 1998 Feb
TI  - The value of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (Children's Version) in an 
      epidemiological study of older adults with Down syndrome.
PG  - 15-29
AB  - The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for Children (RBMT-C) was used to assess a 
      population-based sample of 74 people with Down syndrome (DS) aged 30 years and 
      over (range 30-65 years) living in the Cambridge health district. Given the high 
      age-specific risk of Alzheimer-like neuropathology in people with DS, the aim of 
      this study was to determine whether this test provided a suitable measure of 
      memory function in an older population of adults with DS who were at the age of 
      risk for Alzheimer's disease. We also investigated whether there was a 
      significant difference in everyday memory performance between different age, 
      gender and day-centre groups. The level of learning disability in our sample 
      ranged from mild, through severe to profound. Individuals with severe or profound 
      learning disability were virtually untestable on this and other cognitive tests, 
      but for the remaining two-thirds of the group, the RBMT-C could be used to assess 
      memory function. Significant differences in memory function were found between 
      younger (30-44 years) and older (45+ years) participants. Performance also varied 
      between groups (e.g. from different day centres), illustrating the importance of 
      population-based samples when determining the value of such tests. Ongoing 
      longitudinal studies are required to establish the extent to which the RBMT-C is 
      useful in assessing change in retrospective and prospective memory.
FAU - Hon, J
AU  - Hon J
AD  - Section of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, UK.
FAU - Huppert, F A
AU  - Huppert FA
FAU - Holland, A J
AU  - Holland AJ
FAU - Watson, P
AU  - Watson P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Br J Clin Psychol
JT  - The British journal of clinical psychology
JID - 8105533
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Alzheimer Disease/*diagnosis/etiology
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Day Care, Medical/classification/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Down Syndrome/complications/*psychology
MH  - England
MH  - Female
MH  - *Geriatric Assessment
MH  - Health Facility Size
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Memory Disorders/*diagnosis/etiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Patient Selection
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Sampling Studies
MH  - Selection Bias
EDAT- 1998/04/21 00:00
MHDA- 1998/04/21 00:01
CRDT- 1998/04/21 00:00
PHST- 1998/04/21 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/04/21 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/04/21 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01276.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Clin Psychol. 1998 Feb;37(1):15-29. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01276.x.