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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
The Key Behaviors Change Inventory (KBCI) was developed to assess executive, behavioral, and emotional functioning following brain insults and to track the course of recovery. The purpose of this study was to investigate, in an elderly memory disorder clinic sample, the convergent and discriminant validity of the KBCI by examining the relationships between various measures of executive functioning and the KBCI scales that theoretically relate to executive functions. The KBCI was administered to the caregivers of 97 consecutive patients who came to a memory disorders clinic seeking services. The KBCI scales of Inattention, Apathy, Unawareness of Problems, and Communication Problems were significantly correlated with cognitive measures of executive functioning but not with measures of memory, visuospatial abilities or global cognitive functioning. In contrast, KBCI scales of Interpersonal Difficulties, Somatic Difficulties, and Emotional Adjustment were not related to any cognitive measures, either executive or nonexecutive. Contrary to predicted findings, the Impulsivity Scale was not associated with cognitive measures of executive functioning. This lack of relationship most likely reflects the failure to include executive measures of orbitofrontal functioning in this study. Results provide convergent and discriminant validity support for the KBCI. The KBCI may be a useful tool for assessing and tracking the executive, behavioral, and emotional sequelae of neurologic disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1385-4046
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-6-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Adaptation, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Attention, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Awareness, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Emotions, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Geriatric Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Interpersonal Relations, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Memory Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Neuropsychological Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:12607138-Social Adjustment
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The Key Behaviors Change Inventory and executive functioning in an elderly clinic sample.
pubmed:affiliation
James A. Haley VA Medical Center, Tampa, FL, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study