title: Psychometrics in the treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular diseases.
abstract: The question on which level of evaluation treatment effects have to be based on, proves the relevance of independent psychological measurements. The Nuremberg Gerontopsychological Inventory NAI is introduced as a symptomatic-oriented approach for the assessment of therapeutically induced changes. It contains four distinct ways of treatment evaluations: (1) the level of assessment of cognitive functioning; (2) subject-rated well-being; (3) observer-rated activities-of-daily-living (e.g. by a nurse), and (4) examiner-rated personality traits. For all test procedures, norm scores as well as detailed test characteristics are computed. Interrelations between the independent data levels proved to be essential for a valid estimation of treatment effects.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D004341:Drug Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012647:Self-Assessment