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ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 555-573Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acx020
Keywords
Cognition; Emotion; Motor; Sensory; NIHTB; Disability; Spinal cord injury; Traumatic brain injury; Stroke; Assessment; Outcomes assessment (health care)
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Funding
- NIDILRR RRTC on Improving Measurement of Medical Rehabilitation Outcomes [H133B090024]
- Federal funds from the Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, National Institutes of Health [HHS-N-260-2006-00007-C]
- NIDA [F31-DA035708]
- Foundation for Rehabilitation Psychology Dissertation Award
- Craig H. Neilsen Foundation [290474]
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Objective: Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and stroke experience a variety of neurologically related deficits across multiple domains of function. The NIH Toolbox for the Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIHTB) examines motor, sensation, cognition, and emotional functioning. The purpose of this paper is to establish the validity of the NIHTB in individuals with neurologic conditions. Methods: Community-dwelling individuals with SCI (n = 209), TBI (n = 184), or stroke (n = 211) completed the NIHTB. Relative risks for impaired performance were examined relative to a matched control groups. Results: The largest group differences were observed on the Motor domain and for the Fluid Cognition measures. All groups were at increased risk for motor impairment relative to normative standards and matched controls. Fluid cognitive abilities varied across groups such that individuals with stroke and TBI performed more poorly than individuals with SCI; increased relative risks for impaired fluid cognition were seen for individuals in the stroke and TBI groups, but not for those in the SCI group. All three neurologic groups performed normally on most measures in the Sensation Battery, although TBI participants evidenced increased risk for impaired odor identification and the stroke group showed more vision difficulties. On the Emotion Battery, participants in all three groups showed comparably poor psychological well-being, social satisfaction, and self-efficacy, whereas the TBI group also evidenced slightly increased negative affect. Conclusions: Data provide support for the validity of the NIHTB in individuals with neurologic conditions.
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