FrSBe™

Test structure

• This 46-item behavior rating scale is much easier and less time-consuming to administer than a neuropsychological test battery.
• Two hand-scorable, carbonless test booklets (self and family) are available. Items are written at a sixth-grade reading level. Two profile forms (self and family) allow comparisons of behaviors pre- and post-injury/illness.

Administration

• Appropriate for ages 18 to 95 years.
• Administration of the FrSBe requires approximately 10 minutes.
• Materials required for administration are one or both of the FrSBe rating forms (i.e. Self-Rating form and/or Family Rating Form), a hard-point pencil or pen, and a flat writing surface.
• The FrSBe can be individually or group administered. Each item is rated on a likert response scale ranging from 1 to 5 (1=almost never, 2=seldom, 3=sometimes, 4=frequently, 5=almost always).

Scoring and Reporting

• The FrSBe is a 46-item behavior rating and three subscale scores (Apathy, Disinhibition, and Executive Dysfunction).
• The subscales- Apathy (A; 14 items), Disinhibition (D; 15 items), and Executive Dysfunction (E; 17 items) - correspond to the three behavioral syndromes.
• The Self-Rating and Family Rating forms of the FrSBe each include response scales for rating behavior both prior to the illness or injury (BEFORE) and following the illness or injury (AFTER).
• The FrSBe includes a total score as well as scores on three subscales that correspond to the three formal systems behavioral syndromes.

Reliability, validity, and norms

Normative data are derived from a community-based sample of 436 men and women for two levels of education; data are also provided for several clinical groups, including patients with frontotemporal dementia, frontal lesions, nonfrontal stroke, head injury, Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.