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In addition to the nonverbal skills of drawing, block design and praxis are evaluated usually accompanied by Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices test. The scoring provides two main totals, along with subscale scores. These are the Aphasia Quotient (AQ) score and Cortical Quotient (CQ) score. AQ can be thought of as a measure of language ability.
The test asks 51 questions in all with a number being red herrings to test for people over-rating themselves. It has been proposed that this is useful for spotting malingerers and hypochondriacs , however its intention in the original research proposal for LUNSERS was to demonstrate the robustness and reliability of self-reporting.
In one study, higher average severity scores were associated with patients involved in litigation at the time the questionnaire was administered. [9] Studies using other neuropsychological assessments for post-concussion syndrome or general cognitive performance have also shown poor test-taker effort to affect the reported severity of symptoms.
The Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) is a diagnostic tool developed to allow physicians and nurses to identify delirium in the healthcare setting. [1] It was designed to be brief (less than 5 minutes to perform) and based on criteria from the third edition-revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III-R).
A stimulus cue is provided if the patient blatantly misconstrues the image (i.e., viewing a musical instrument as a building). Additional administration criteria are provided in the Test Manual. After the patient completes the test, the examiner scores each item + or – according to the response coding and scoring procedures. [4]
As a result of this, the ASEBA was able to identify more syndromes than originally identified in the DSM-I. [5] Additionally, this reliance on real-world case records allows the ASEBA to interpret scores in relation to age, gender, and ethnic/racial norms, as symptom/disorder severity and meaning vary across cultures.
The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) is a neuropsychological assessment tool used to provide a measure of premorbid intelligence, the degree of Intellectual function prior to the onset of illness or disease.
A recent meta-analytic study [13] showed that the lowest SIMS scores are obtained in a group of normal volunteers, somewhat higher SIMS scores are obtained from persons with mild symptoms from car accidents, and the highest SIMS scores are those from patients injured more severely in high impact car accidents and also by malingerers.