Criterion Validity of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery after Traumatic Brain Injury

The performance of 54 patients with complicated mild-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) was evaluated on the Attention, Executive Functions, and Memory modules of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) and compared with that of 54 demographically matched healthy controls. All three NAB ind...

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Published in:Archives of clinical neuropsychology 2012-06, Vol.27 (4), p.440-445
Main Authors: DONDERS, Jacobus, LEVITT, Terry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Injuries - diagnosis
Brain Injuries - psychology
Case-Control Studies
Coma
Executive Function
Female
Humans
Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics - instrumentation
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Statistical analysis
Techniques and methods
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Traumatic brain injury
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Summary:The performance of 54 patients with complicated mild-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) was evaluated on the Attention, Executive Functions, and Memory modules of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) and compared with that of 54 demographically matched healthy controls. All three NAB indices demonstrated statistically significant group differences and negative covariances with the duration of coma, with large effect sizes. The Numbers and Letters and Mazes subtests had the most consistent evidence for sensitivity to brain injury. The findings provide preliminary support for the criterion validity of the NAB in the assessment of patients with complicated mild-severe TBI.
ISSN:0887-6177
1873-5843
DOI:10.1093/arclin/acs043