Assessing neurobehavioral changes in HIV+ infants and children. A methodological approach.
The rationale and development of a developmental approach to assessing neurobehavioral changes in infants and children exposed to or infected with the HIV-1 virus is presented. Methodological problems in earlier approaches to assessment are reviewed. Among these are measures employed, impact of different treatments on measures of outcome, multicultural differences between samples, and analytic approaches to developmental data. The assessment protocol developed by the Pediatric Neurobehavioral Study Group of NIMH/NICHD/NIAID is described.
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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination