A comparison of frequency of abnormal results in neuropsychological vs. neurodiagnostic procedures

✍ Scribed by William G. Snow

• Book ID: 102676090
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 578 KB
• Volume: 37
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198101)37:1<22::aid-jclp2270370105>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

Compared the frequency of abnormal Impairment Index values and abnormal results on neurodiagnostic rocedures in atients ( N = 102) classified Brain-damaged, Normal, or Equivocal on tge basis of final medical diagnosis. The Impairment Index called a higher percentage of the Braindamaged Ss abnormal than did any single neurodiagnostic procedure. Although it called a higher percentage of the other two grou s abnormal than did the skull X-ray, the Im airment Index did not di&r from com uted tomogra hy (CT).or the E8G with res ect to abnormalit rates in ttose groups. Ti?, in t h s sample of patients, t%e Impairment In&x was more sensitive to brain damage than any neurodiagnostic measure, yet no more likely to call patients in the other two grou s abnormal than were CT or the EEG. Limitations of the study and difficukes in conducting this kind of research are discussed.