title: Validity and reliability of the Neuropsychological Impairment Scale (NIS).
abstract: The Neuropsychological Impairment Scale (NIS) is a self-report screening instrument intended to identify neuropsychological symptoms and deficit. A validity study that used 40 neuropsychiatric patients compared four NIS derived measures with the four best Halstead-Reitan general indicators of impairment. Additionally, two test-retest reliability studies with both patient and normal samples are reported. Results support and corroborate previous validity findings and suggest that the NIS is an acceptably stable and reliable measure.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics