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Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (RBMT)

 
RBMT, RBMT II, RBMT III (coming Autumn 2007) RBMT-E and RBMT-C
 

Author(s)

Baddeley Alan D; Cockburn Janet; Wilson Barbara A

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Psychiatry/psychology

  • Disease:

Generic for psychiatry/psychology

  • Objective:

To detect impairment of everyday memory functioning and to monitor change following treatment for memory difficulties

  • Population for intended use:

Adult

Geriatrics

Pediatrics

[ RBMT: Adult (16-96 years)
Children (11-14 years)

RBMT-C: Children aged 5-11 ]

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Signs and symptoms

  • Administration mode:

Clinician-rated

[ occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists and certain physicians (e.g.neurologists) ]

  • Number of items:

12

  • Recall/Observation period:

Yesterday, Last week, At the current time

 
 

Language(s)

  • Original language:

English for the UK

  • List of existing translations:

The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

14 languages including:

Chinese French for France Italian for Italy Portuguese for Portugal
Danish for Denmark German for Germany Japanese for Japan Spanish for Spain
Dutch for the Netherlands Hebrew Norwegian for Norway Swedish for Sweden
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Wilson B, Cockburn J, Baddeley A, Hiorns R. The development and validation of a test battery for detecting and monitoring everyday memory problems. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1989 Dec;11(6):855-70


RBMT-E or ERBMT (Extended version):

de Wall C, Wilson BA, Baddeley AD. The Extended Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test: a measure of everyday memory performance in normal adults. Memory. 1994 Jun;2(2):149-66


RBMTC or RBMT-C (Child version):

Wilson BA, Ivani-Chalian R, Besag FM, Bryant T. Adapting the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for use with children aged 5 to 10 years. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1993 Jul;15(4):474-86


Aldrich FK, Wilson B. Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test for Children (RBMT-C): a preliminary evaluation. Br J Clin Psychol. 1991 May;30 ( Pt 2):161-8


RBMT-II (version 2):

Wilson B, Cockburn J, Baddeley A. The Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, 2nd ed. Thames Valley Test Company, Suffolk, Uk, 1991

Last update: April 2012

Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2007