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Operating Characteristics of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam Using Neuropsychological Assessment as the Criterion.
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Karzmark, Peter – Assessment, 1997
The performance characteristics of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam (NCSE) (R. Kiernan and others, 1987) was studied with 50 outpatients, most with cognitive dysfunction using comprehensive neuropsychological assessment as the criterion. Results suggest that operating characteristics of the NCSE depend on the nature of the sample assessed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods
Latent Structure of the Postconcussion Syndrome Questionnaire.
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Axelrod, Bradley N.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The underlying structure of the Postconcussion Syndrome Questionnaire (PCS) was evaluated in a large sample of 1,116 medical and psychiatric patients. Balancing internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis, and parsimony results in endorsement of the four-factor solution for the PCS for this sample. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure, Head Injuries
Use of the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories for Primary Care with Medical Outpatients.
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Beck, Aaron T.; Steer, Robert A.; Ball, Roberta; Ciervo, Carman A.; Kabat, Mark – Assessment, 1997
The effectiveness of the Beck Anxiety and Beck Depression Inventories for Primary Care for discriminating 56 primary care patients with and without diagnosed anxiety and mood disorders. Use of these instruments to screen primary care patients before conducting extensive diagnostic evaluations with them is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation Methods, Moods
Validation of the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia Scale across the Anxiety Disorders.
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Brown, Elissa J.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1997
The psychometric adequacy of the Social Interaction Scale and the Social Phobia Scale (both by R. P. Mattick and J. C. Clark, 1989) was studied with 165 patients with anxiety disorders and 21 people without anxiety. Results support the usefulness of the scales for screening and treatment design and evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Evaluation Methods, Mental Disorders, Patients
Examining Scale Discriminability in the BDI and CES-D as a Function of Depressive Severity.
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Santor, Darcy A.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Scale discriminability was examined in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) with 151 college students and 60 depressed outpatients. The superior scale discriminability of the CES-D offers one explanation for its poorer specificity in college samples. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Rasch Measurement in the Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adult Patients.
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Prieto, Luis; Roset, Montse; Badia, Xavier – Journal of Applied Measurement, 2001
Tested the metric properties of a Spanish version of the Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (AGHDA) questionnaire through Rasch analysis with a sample of 356 adult patients in Spain. Results suggest that the Spanish AGHDA could be a useful complement of the clinical evaluation of growth hormone deficiency patients at group and…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Clinical Validation of the Quality of Life Inventory: A Measure of Life Satisfaction for Use in Treatment Planning and Outcome Assessment.
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Frisch, Michael B.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
The Quality of Life Inventory, a measure of life satisfaction for psychological assessment and treatment planning, was evaluated with 54 inpatients, 54 recovering alcoholics, 18 private alcohol- and drug-treatment patients, 127 college counseling recipients, 272 undergraduates, and 19 criminal offenders. Results support the measures' psychometric…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinical Diagnosis, College Students, Drug Rehabilitation
Utilizing the Patient Management Problem as a Student Clinical Evaluation Tool.
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Remington, Lee Ann; Roggenkamp, John R. – Optometric Education, 1994
A two-dimensional patient management problem test was designed to measure third-year optometry students' clinical competency at Pacific University (Oregon). Results suggest this evaluation method is valid and may be useful in identifying students needing to improve their clinical thinking skills. Some issues in test administration and scoring…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education