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Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2023: 22: 1: 1-15

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The Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB) for Comprehensive Neuropsychological Assessment
Hui Jin Ryu ,1 Dong Won Yang 2
1 Department of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 2 Department of Neurology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
The Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB) for Comprehensive Neuropsychological Assessment
Hui Jin Ryu ,1 Dong Won Yang 2
1 Department of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 2 Department of Neurology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
The Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB) is known as a representative
comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation tool in Korea since its first standardization in
2003. It was the main neuropsychological evaluation tool in the Clinical Research Center for
Dementia of South Korea, a large-scale multi-center cohort study in Korea that was started
in 2005. Since then, it has been widely used by dementia clinicians, and further solidified its
status as a representative dementia evaluation tool in Korea. Many research results related
to the SNSB have been used as a basis for the diagnosis and evaluation of patients in various
clinical settings, especially, in many areas of cognitive assessment, including dementia
evaluation. The SNSB version that was updated in 2012 provides psychometrically improved
norms and indicators through a model-based standardization procedure based on a
theoretical probability distribution in the norm’s development. By providing a score for each
cognitive domain, it is easier to compare cognitive abilities between domains and to identify
changes in cognitive domain functions over time. Through the development of the SNSBCore, a short form composed of core tests, which also give a composite score was provided.
The SNSB is a useful test battery that provides key information on the evaluation of early
cognitive decline, analysis of cognitive decline patterns, judging the severity of dementia,
and differential diagnosis of dementia. This review will provide a broad understanding of the
SNSB by describing the test composition, contents of individual subtests, characteristics of
standardization, analysis of the changed standard score, and related studies.
Key Words: : Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery; Neuropsychological Tests; Cognition; Dementia
대한치매학회지 (Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders)