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ArticleTitle	The development of a new behavioral evaluation list (Daily Behavioral Evaluation List; DBEL) for amnesic patients
Language	J
AuthorList	Masayuki Shirakawa¹⁾, Kouhei Masumoto²⁾, Youji Tomoda³⁾, Takeshi Higashiyama⁴⁾, Kazumasa Yokoyama⁵⁾
Affiliation	1) Department of Clinical Psychology, Hyogo Rehabilitation Center 2) Department of Human Sciences, Osaka University 3) Department of Neurology, Hyogo Rehabilitation Center 4) Department of Speech-Hearing-Language Therapy, Hyogo Rehabilitation Center 5) Department of Neurology, Nishiharima Rehabilitation Center
Publication	Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 23 (1), 49-57, 2007
Received	Oct 29, 2004
Accepted	May 29, 2006
Abstract	The purpose of this study was 1) to develop a new evaluation list that enables therapists or caregivers of amnesic patients to comprehend the existence and degree of daily behavioral problems derived from the memory disorders, and 2) to investigate the reliability and validity of the list. We interviewed each caregiver of 10 patients to elucidate problems on their daily lives, and we extracted 27 items related to the behavioral problems based on the interview results. We then asked 68 caregivers of different amnesic patients to evaluate these items on a 4-point scale (1: fully dependent∼4: fully independent). The results were as follows. 1) With explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses, one factor was extracted, and ten items were included in this factor. We named this factor 'daily behavioral ability for amnesic patients'. 2) The test-retest correlation coefficient was .88 and the Cronback's Alpha was .92. 3) The extracted factor was significantly correlated with the Japanese version of Everyday Memory Checklist (Kazui et al., 2003). 4) The total scores of DBEL in the patients who completely returned to school or work were higher than in the patients who remained under care and partially returned to school or work. These results suggest that the DBEL, demonstrating high reliability, construct validity, criterion based validity, and predictive validity, may be a new tool to more effectively detect practical memory problems in daily life.
Keywords	Daily Behavioral Evaluation List, amnesic patients, reliability, validity