TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Towards a composite scoring solution for the Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory
JO  - Quality of life research
A1  - Weinfurt, K. P.
A1  - Willke, R.
A1  - Glick, H. A.
A1  - Schulman, K. A.
SP  - 17
EP  - 24
VL  - 8
IS  - 1-2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0962-9343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -