title: Sensitivity of the WAIS-R Verbal-Performance IQ difference and intersubtest scatter to traumatic brain injury. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised.
abstract: The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Verbal IQ-Performance IQ (VIQ-PIQ) discrepancy and a number of indices of intersubtest scatter were examined in 25 subjects with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence of structural brain abnormality. Abnormal VIQ-PIQ differences and scatter index values were identified by referring to published normal base rates. Only 16% of the subjects were identified as abnormal on any one of these WAIS-R measures, which suggests these measures are largely insensitive to the presence of structural brain abnormality in TBI.
authors.affiliation: Brain Injury Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kraiuhin
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Shores
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014888:Wechsler Scales