title: Halstead's Category Test: withstanding the test of time.
abstract: In spite of demonstrated validity, Halstead's Category Test has been criticized as overly time consuming. In order to evaluate this assumption, groups of severely head-injured and general neurological cases were administered the Category Test as part of routine evaluation, and the time to completion of the test was recorded. The results indicated that 93% of the patients completed the test in less than 1 h and that 50% completed it in less than 40 min. In 81% of the cases, the test lasted from 20-50 min.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013997:Time Factors