| Literature DB >> 15370374 |
Steven Paul Woods1, Julie D Rippeth, Alan B Frol, Joel K Levy, Elizabeth Ryan, Vicki M Soukup, Charles H Hinkin, Deborah Lazzaretto, Mariana Cherner, Thomas D Marcotte, Benjamin B Gelman, Susan Morgello, Elyse J Singer, Igor Grant, Robert K Heaton.
Abstract
We examined the interrater (IRR) of clinical ratings of neuropsychological (NP) impairment and neurocognitive diagnoses in HIV. Thirty participants with advanced HIV-infection who were enrolled in a multicenter HIV brain banking research project underwent comprehensive NP and neuromedical evaluations. Using a standardized system of guidelines, neuropsychologists from six participating sites independently assigned clinical ratings of NP impairment, as well as multilevel diagnoses reflecting the inferred etiology of the impairments and their effects on everyday functioning. Findings indicated excellent IRR in rating the presence and severity of NP impairment, but overall modest IRR for neurocognitive diagnoses. Not surprisingly, most diagnostic disagreements concerned the etiology of impairments in persons with medical and neuropsychiatric risk factors in addition to HIV.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID： 15370374 DOI： 10.1080/13803390490509565
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol ISSN： 1380-3395 Impact factor: 2.475