Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe)

2020 ◽  
pp. 316-318
Author(s):  
Grace ◽  
Malloy
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale

Factor Analysis of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe)

Assessment ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C. Stout ◽  
Rebecca E. Ready ◽  
Janet Grace ◽  
Paul F. Malloy ◽  
Jane S. Paulsen
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Behavior Rating Scale ◽  
Neurological Patients ◽  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Behavior Disturbances ◽  
Modest Level

The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe), formerly called the Frontal Lobe Personality Scale (FLOPS), is a brief behavior rating scale with demonstrated validity for the assessment of behavior disturbances associated with damage to the frontal-subcortical brain circuits. The authors report an exploratory principal factor analysis of the FrSBe–Family Version in a sample including 324 neurological patients and research participants, of which about 63% were diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases (Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's diseases). The three-factor solution accounted for a modest level of variance (41%) and confirmed a factor structure consistent with the three subscales proposed on the theoretical basis of the frontal systems. Most items (83%) from the FrSBe subscales of Apathy, Disinhibition, and Executive Dysfunction loaded saliently on three corresponding factors. The FrSBe factor structure supports its utility for assessing both the severity of the three frontal syndromes in aggregate and separately.

The Frontal Systems Behavior Scale in the evaluation of dementia

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1203-1204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario F. Mendez ◽  
Eliot A. Licht ◽  
Ronald E. Saul
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale

Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe) in an acute traumatic brain injury population.

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet P. Niemeier ◽  
Paul B. Perrin ◽  
Megan G. Holcomb ◽  
Karine S. Nersessova ◽  
Cynthia D. Rolston
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Structure Reliability ◽  
Acute Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale

Frontal Systems Behavior Scale in schizophrenia: relationships with psychiatric symptomatology, cognition and adaptive function

2002 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn I Velligan ◽  
Janice L Ritch ◽  
Dawen Sui ◽  
Margaret DiCocco ◽  
Cindy D Huntzinger
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Function ◽  
Psychiatric Symptomatology ◽  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale

Frontal Systems Behavior Scale in Geriatric Primary-Care Patients

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Vedrody ◽  
Caitlin K. McEntarfer ◽  
Benjamin T. Mast
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Primary Care Patients ◽  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale

Changes in Self- and Informant-Reported Frontal Behaviors in Parkinson’s Disease: A Longitudinal Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 089198872096425
Author(s):  
Celina F. Pluim ◽  
Marina Z. Nakhla ◽  
Molly Split ◽  
J. Vincent Filoteo ◽  
Irene Litvan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Executive Dysfunction ◽  
Behavior Ratings ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Frontal Systems ◽  
Behavior Scale ◽  
Over Time

Objective: Frontal behaviors (i.e., executive dysfunction, disinhibition, apathy) are common in Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, it is unclear if patient and informant reports of patient frontal behaviors are in agreement over time. Method: Sixty-two PD patients without dementia and their informants (87% spouses/partners) completed the self- and informant-versions of the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale at baseline and 2-year follow-up. Dyad ratings were compared and predictors of behavior ratings were examined. Results: Patient and informant reports at baseline and follow-up were in agreement, with significant increases in overall frontal behaviors, executive dysfunction, and apathy. Higher levels of baseline patient depression and caregiver burden predicted decrements in patient-reported executive function; worse patient cognition at baseline predicted worsening apathy as rated by informants. Conclusions: PD patients and their informants are concordant in their ratings of worsening frontal behaviors over time. Targeting patient depression, cognition, and caregiver burden may improve decrements in frontal behaviors (executive dysfunction and apathy) in PD.

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