Kevin Duff, Cynthia C Spering, Sid E O'Bryant, Leigh J Beglinger, David J Moser, John D Bayless, Kennith R Culp, James W Mold, Russell L Adams, James G Scott
The Effort Index (EI) of the RBANS was developed to assist clinicians in discriminating patients who demonstrate good effort from those with poor effort. However, there are concerns that older adults might be unfairly penalized by this index, which uses uncorrected raw scores. Using five independent samples of geriatric patients with a broad range of cognitive functioning (e.g., cognitively intact, nursing home residents, probable Alzheimer's disease), base rates of failure on the EI were calculated. In cognitively intact and mildly impaired samples, few older individuals were classified as demonstrating poor effort (e...
January 2011: Applied Neuropsychology