The ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment and the role of depressive symptoms in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Chaytor, Naomi S ^a,b   Temkin, Nancy ^b,c   Machamer, Joan ^c   Dikmen, Sureyya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cognition; Depressed mood; Everyday functioning; Self report; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VALIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34250685382     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707070592     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Burgess, P.W., Alderman, N., Evans, J., Emslie, H., & Wilson, B.A. (1998). The ecological validity of tests of executive function. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4, 547-558.
2. Burt, D.B., Zembar, M.J., & Niederehe, G. (1995). Depression and memory impairment: A meta-analysis of the association, its pattern, and specificity. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 285-305.
3. Buschke, H. (1973). Selective reminding for analysis of memory and learning. Journal of Verbal Learning & Verbal Behavior, 12, 543-550.
4. Bush, B.A., Novak, T.A., Schneider, J.J., & Madan, A. (2004). Depression following traumatic brain injury: The validity of the CES-D as a brief screening device. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 11, 195-201.
5. Chaytor, N. & Schmitter-Edgecombe, M. (2003). The ecological validity of neuropsychological tests: A review of the literature on everyday cognitive skills. Neuropsychology Review, 13, 181-197.
6. Chaytor, N., Schmitter-Edgecombe, M., & Burr, R. (2006). Improving the ecological validity of executive functioning assessment. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 21, 217-227.
7. Choi, S.C. (1977). Tests of equality of dependent correlation coefficients. Biometrika, 64, 645-647.
8. Christodoulou, C., Melville, P., Scheri, W.F., Morgan, T., Mac-Allister, W.S., Canfora, D.M., Berry, S.A., & Krupp, L.B. (2005). Perceived cognitive dysfunction and observed neuropsychological performance: Longitudinal relation in persons with multiple sclerosis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 614-619.
9. Dikmen, S., Bombardier, C., Machamer, J., Fann, J., & Temkin, N. (2004). Natural history of depression in traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 85, 1457-1464.
10. Dikmen, S., Machamer, J., Miller, B., Doctor, J., & Temkin, N. (2001). Functional status examination: A new instrument for assessing outcome in traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 18, 127-140.
11. Evans, J.J., Chua, S.E., McKenna, P.J., & Wilson, B.A. (1997). Assessment of the dysexecutive syndrome in schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 27, 1-12.
12. Faun, J.R., Uomoto, J.M., & Katon, W.J. (2001). Cognitive improvement with treatment of depression following mild traumatic brain injury. Psychosomatics, 42, 48-54.
13. Franzen, M.D. & Arnett, P.A. (1997). The validity of neuropsychological assessment procedures. In H.W. Reese & M.D. Franzen (Eds.), Biological and neuropsychological mechanisms: Life-span developmental psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
14. Goldstein, G. & McCue, M. (1995). Differences between patient and informant functional outcome ratings in head-injured individuals. International Journal of Rehabilitation and Health, 1, 25-35.
15. Grant, I., Olshen, R.A., Atkinson, J.H., Heaton, R.K., Nelson, J., McCutchan, J.A., & Weinrich, J.D. (1993). Depressed mood does not explain neuropsychological deficits in HIV-infected persons. Neuropsychology, 7, 53-61.
16. Heaton, R.K., Marcotte, T.D., Mindt, M.R., Sadek, J., Moore, D.J., Bentley, H., McCutchan, J.A., Reicks, C., Grant, I., & the HNRC Group (2004). The impact of HIV-associated neuropsychological impairment on everyday functioning. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 317-331.
17. Heinrichs, R.W. (1990). Current and emergent applications of neuropsychological assessment: Problems with validity and utility. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 21, 171-176.
18. Jones, J.E., Hermann, B.P., Woodard, J.L., Barry, J.J., Gilliam, F., Kanner, A.M., & Meador, K.J. (2005). Screening for major depression in epilepsy with common self-report depression inventories. Epilepsia, 46, 731-735.
19. Jorge, R.E., Robinson, R.G., Moser, D., Tateno, A., Crespo-Facorro, B., & Arndt, S. (2004). Major depression following traumatic brain injury. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 42-50.
20. Kaitaro, T., Koskinen, S., & Kaipio, M. (1995). Neuropsychological problems in everyday life: A5-year follow-up study of young severely closed-head-injured patients. Brain Injury, 9, 713-727.
21. Kreutzer, J.S., Seel, R.T., & Gourley, E. (2001). The prevalence and symptom rates of depression after traumatic brain injury: A comprehensive examination. Brain Injury, 15, 563-576.
22. Long, C.J. & Collins, L.F. (1997). Ecological validity and forensic neuropsychological assessment. In R.J. McCaffrey, A.D. Williams, J.M. Fisher & L.C. Laing (Eds.), The Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology: Meeting Challenges in the Courtroom. New York: Plenum Press.
23. Long, C.J. & Kibby, M.Y. (1995). Ecological validity of neuropsychological tests: A look at neuropsychology's past and the impact that ecological issues may have on its future. Advances in Medical Psychotherapy, 8, 59-78.
24. McCauley, S.R., Pedroza, C., Brown, S., Boake, C., Levin, H.S., Goodman, H.S., & Merritt, S.G. (2006). Confirmatory factor structure of the center for epidemiologic studies-depression scales (CES-D) in mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 20, 519-527.
25. Parikh, R.M., Eden, D.T., Price, T.R., & Robinson, R.G. (1988). The sensitivity and specificity of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale in screening for post-stroke depression. International Journal of Psychiatry and Medicine, 18, 169-181.
26. Psychological Corporation. (1999). Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence. San Antonio, TX: Harcourt Brace & Company.
27. Radloff, L.S. (1977). The CES-D Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1, 385-401.
28. Rapoport, M.J., McCullagh, S., Shammi, R. & Feinstein, A. (2005). Cognitive impairment associated with major depression following mild and moderate traumatic brain injury. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 17, 61-65.
29. Reitan, R.M. & Wolfson, D. (1988). Traumatic brain injury: Recovery and rehabilitation, Vol. 2. Tucson, AZ: Neuropsychology Press.
30. Reitan, R.M. & Wolfson, D. (1995). Category Test and Trail Making Test as measures of frontal lobe functions. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 9, 50-56.
31. Rohling, M.L., Green, P., Allen, L.M., & Iverson, G.L. (2002). Depressive symptoms and neurocognitive test scores in patients passing symptom validity tests. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 17, 205-222
32. Satz, P., Forney, D.L., Zaucha, K., Asarnow, R.R., Light, R., McCleary, C., Levin, H., Kelly, D., Bergsneider, M., Hovda, D., Martin, N., Namerow, N., & Becker, D. (1998). Depression, cognition, and functional correlates of recovery outcome after traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 12, 537-553.
33. Sbordone, R.J. (1996). Ecological validity: Some critical issues for the neuropsychologist. In R.J. Sbordone & C.J. Long (Eds.), Ecological Validity of Neuropsychological Testing, pp. 15-41. Delray Beach, FL: GR Press/St. Lucie Press.
34. Sbordone, R.J. (1997). The ecological validity of neuropsychological testing. In A.M. Horton, D. Wedding, & J. Webster (Eds.), The Neuropsychology Handbook, Vol. 1, Foundations and Assessment (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
35. Sbordone, R.J. & Guilmette, T.J. (1999). Ecological validity: Prediction of everyday and vocational functioning from neuropsychological test data. In J.J. Sweet (Ed.), Forensic neuropsychology: Fundamentals and practice. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger.
36. Silver, C.H. (2000). Ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment in childhood traumatic brain injury. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 15, 973-988.
37. Spreen, O. & Benton, A. (1977). Neurosensory Center Comprehensive Examination for Aphasia. Victoria, B.C., Canada: University of Victoria Neuropsychology Laboratory.
38. Sunderland, A., Harris, J.E., & Baddeley, A.D. (1983). Do laboratory tests predict everyday memory? A neuropsychological study. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 22, 341-357.
39. Temkin, N.R., Anderson, G.D., Winn, H.R., Ellenbogen, R.G., Britz, G.W., Schuster, J., Lucas, T., Newell, D.W., Mansfield, P.N., Machamer, J.E., Barber, J., & Dikmen, S.S. (2007). Magnesium sulfate for neuroprotection after traumatic brain injury: A randomized trial. Lancet Neurology, 1 29-38.
40. Temkin, N., Machamer, J., & Dikmen, S. (2003). Correlates of functional status 3-5 years after traumatic brain injury with CT abnormalities. Journal of Neurotrauma, 20, 229-241.
41. Veiel, H.O. (1997). A preliminary profile of neuropsychological deficits associated with major depression. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 19, 587-603.
42. Wechsler, D. (1997). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales - III. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.