title: Using the Halstead-Reitan Battery to diagnose brain damage: a comparison of the predictive power of traditional techniques to Rohling's Interpretive Method.
abstract: The aim of this project was to validate an alternative global measure of neurocognitive impairment (Rohling Interpretive Method, or RIM) that could be generated from data gathered from a flexible battery approach. A critical step in this process is to establish the utility of the technique against current standards in the field. In this paper, we compared results from the Rohling Interpretive Method to those obtained from the General Neuropsychological Deficit Scale (GNDS; Reitan & Wolfson, 1988) and the Halstead-Russell Average Impairment Rating (AIR; Russell, Neuringer & Goldstein, 1970) on a large previously published sample of patients assessed with the Halstead-Reitan Battery (HRB). Findings support the use of the Rohling Interpretive Method in producing summary statistics similar in diagnostic sensitivity and specificity to the traditional HRB indices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA. morohling@usouthal.edu
authors.forename: Martin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rohling
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: L Stephen
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Russell L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity