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The Neuropsychological Impairment Scale—Senior: A procedure for evaluating awareness disturbance in geriatric patients
Author(s) -
O'Donnell William E.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.1025
Subject(s) - neuropsychology , psychology , cognitive impairment , clinical psychology , cognition , psychometrics , reliability (semiconductor) , neuropsychological assessment , disturbance (geology) , scale (ratio) , psychometric tests , psychiatry , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The Neuropsychological Impairment Scale—Senior (NIS‐S) is a 30‐item, orally administered questionnaire for geriatric patients about symptoms of cognitive impairment, affective disturbance, and defensiveness. Clinical and nonclinical norms are described along with validity and reliability information. A procedure is presented for comparing a patient's self‐reported cognitive impairment with scores on performance testing, which gauges whether the patient is over‐ or under‐reporting cognitive deficits. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 57: 423–427, 2001.