@article{ref1,
title="The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading as a measure of premorbid intelligence following traumatic brain injury",
journal="Archives of clinical neuropsychology",
year="2016",
author="Steward, Kayla A. and Novack, Thomas A. and Kennedy, Richard and Crowe, Michael and Marson, Daniel C. and Triebel, Kristen L.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="98-103",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The current study sought to determine whether the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) provides a stable estimate of premorbid intellectual ability in acutely injured patients recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). <br><br>METHOD: A total of 135 participants (43 mild TBI [mTBI], 40 moderate/severe TBI [msevTBI], 52 healthy controls) were administered the WTAR at 1 and 12 months post-injury. <br><br>RESULTS: Despite similar demographic profiles, participants with msevTBI performed significantly worse than controls on the WTAR at both time points. Moreover, the msevTBI group had a significant improvement in WTAR performance over the 1-year period. In contrast, those participants with mTBI did not significantly differ from healthy controls and both the mTBI and control groups demonstrated stability on the WTAR over time. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate that word-reading tests may underestimate premorbid intelligence during the immediate recovery period for patients with msevTBI. Clinicians should consider alternative estimation measures in this TBI subpopulation.<br><br>© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0887-6177",
doi="10.1093/arclin/acw081",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acw081"
}