Neuropsychological Impairment Scale (NIS): Initial Validation Study Using Trailmaking Test (A & B) and WAIS Digit Symbol (Scaled Score) in a Mixed Grouping of Psychiatric, Neurological, and Normal Patients.

O'Donnell, William E.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ286343

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Publication Date: 1983

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Neuropsychological Impairment Scale (NIS): Initial Validation Study Using Trailmaking Test (A & B) and WAIS Digit Symbol (Scaled Score) in a Mixed Grouping of Psychiatric, Neurological, and Normal Patients.

O'Donnell, William E.; And Others

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v39 n5 p746-48 Sep 1983

Described a 50-item, self-administered neuropsychological screening test with test results correlating with three reference measures for three participant groupings--Normals (N=22), Psychiatric Patients (N=21) and Neurological Patients (N=14). Results suggested that neuropsychological self-description can correlate with performance measures that are known to be sensitive to cognitive impairment. (Author)

Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Individual Differences, Institutionalized Persons, Neurological Impairments, Neuropsychology, Patients, Psychiatry, Screening Tests, Test Validity

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