Towards a composite scoring solution for the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Little research has been conducted towards the development and evaluation of a measure of quality of life specific to head/brain injury populations. Accordingly, we examined responses to the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory in the context of a clinical trial for head injury patients (n = 655) conducted in 14 countries. To reduce the 66 item scale into a smaller number of composite scales, principal components analysis was conducted. Scales were constructed assessing four categories of symptoms: cognitive deficits, depression, aggression and somatization. The internal reliabilities (alpha coefficient) of the four scales were generally acceptable (range = 0.79-0.92). Scores on all four scales correlated significantly with patient-rated overall quality of life and all but the aggression scale correlated significantly with overall clinical severity. The need for more formal evaluation of this and other disease-specific measures is discussed.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Weinfurt, KP; Willke, R; Glick, HA; Schulman, KA
Published Date
- 1999
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 8 / 1-2
Start / End Page
- 17 - 24
PubMed ID
- 10457735
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0962-9343
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1023/a:1026411129270
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- Netherlands