Department of Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2011 Apr;33(4):448-55. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2010.533156. Epub 2010 Dec 10.
Gender differences have been widely reported across a range of cognitive ability tasks, and these differences appear to persist across the lifespan into later adulthood. The current study assessed the influence of gender on the subtests of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) in a large cohort (n = 718) of older adult primary care patients. Males (n = 300) were compared to females (n = 418) on the 12 subtests of the RBANS, after controlling for age and education. Significant differences were found on 9 of the subtests. Therefore, gender corrected normative data were calculated, which also control for age and education. Test-retest data were also examined in a subset of this sample (n = 446) that was reevaluated at 1 year. Males and females were comparable on 1-year practice effects. By controlling for additional systematic bias in RBANS scores (e.g., gender effects), these findings allow clinicians and researchers to better match patients and participants when using this screening battery.
性别差异在一系列认知能力任务中得到了广泛报道，这些差异似乎在整个生命周期中持续存在，直到成年后期。本研究在一个大型老年初级保健患者队列（n = 718）中评估了性别对重复神经心理状态评估电池（RBANS）子测试的影响。在控制年龄和教育因素后，将男性（n = 300）与女性（n = 418）在 RBANS 的 12 个子测试上进行比较。在 9 个子测试上发现了显著差异。因此，计算了性别校正的常模数据，该数据也控制了年龄和教育因素。在该样本的一个亚组（n = 446）中还检查了测试-重测数据，该亚组在 1 年内重新进行了评估。在 1 年的练习效果方面，男性和女性相当。通过控制 RBANS 分数的其他系统偏差（例如，性别效应），这些发现使得临床医生和研究人员在使用这种筛查电池时能够更好地匹配患者和参与者。
