Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8272449 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 2018 | 42 Pages |
Abstract
Cognitive assessment is an important component of inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Few studies have empirically evaluated the clinical utility of specific neuropsychological measures in this setting. We investigated the psychometric properties and clinical utility of a 30-minute neuropsychological battery developed by the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Canadian Stroke Network (CSN). Clinical data were analyzed from 100 individuals with mild-moderate stroke severity on an acute inpatient rehabilitation unit who completed the NINDS-CSN battery at admission. The battery comprised the Symbol-Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Trail Making Test, Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Animal Naming, and the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised. We evaluated the battery's distribution of scores, frequency of impaired performance, internal consistency, and ability to predict rehabilitation gain and independence in cognitively-based instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) at discharge. Results indicated that the NINDS-CSN battery was sensitive to cognitive impairment, demonstrated moderately strong internal consistency, and predicted discharge IADL. The SDMT demonstrated the strongest sensitivity to impairment and predictive validity. The NINDS-CSN battery is a clinically useful assessment battery in acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation. Complex attention and processing speed performance may be most informative in predicting amount of rehabilitation gain and IADL functioning at discharge.
Keywords
IADLMMSERBANSHVLT-RTMTMoCANIHSSCSNSDMTFIMTrail Making TestFunctional Independence MeasureRepeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological StatusControlled Oral Word Association TestStrokeNINDSCognitionNeuropsychologyInstrumental Activities of Daily LivingActivities of daily livingMini Mental Status ExaminationNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeNational Institute of Health Stroke Scaleexecutive functionCOWAT
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Authors
Abhishek Jaywant, Joan Toglia, Faith M. Gunning, Michael W. O'Dell,