@article{ref1,
title="Towards a composite scoring solution for the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory",
journal="Quality of life research",
year="1999",
author="Weinfurt, K. P. and Willke, R. and Glick, H. A. and Schulman, K. A.",
volume="8",
number="1-2",
pages="17-24",
abstract="Little research has been conducted towards the development and evaluation of a measure of quality of life specific to head/brain injury populations. Accordingly, we examined responses to the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory in the context of a clinical trial for head injury patients (n = 655) conducted in 14 countries. To reduce the 66 item scale into a smaller number of composite scales, principal components analysis was conducted. Scales were constructed assessing four categories of symptoms: cognitive deficits, depression, aggression and somatization. The internal reliabilities (alpha coefficient) of the four scales were generally acceptable (range = 0.79-0.92). Scores on all four scales correlated significantly with patient-rated overall quality of life and all but the aggression scale correlated significantly with overall clinical severity. The need for more formal evaluation of this and other disease-specific measures is discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0962-9343",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}