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Article: Everyday Memory in an Elderly New Zealand Population: Performance on the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- New Zealand Journal of Psychology
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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Assessment of memory is critical for evaluation for possible dementia. The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) is one of the few measures known to have ecological validity when used with older adults. However, the norms for ages 70-94 may underestimate normal performance in well elderly people due to the sampling procedures adopted. This study reports RBMT normative data for 131 elderly, nondementing, community dwelling volunteers in New Zealand, in three age specific bands: 60-69, 70-79, 80-89 years.
Results showed significant differences between the data collected in Oxford and New Zealand. New Zealand results were higher on the summary Profile score and ...