TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading as a measure of premorbid intelligence following traumatic brain injury
JO  - Archives of clinical neuropsychology
A1  - Steward, Kayla A.
A1  - Novack, Thomas A.
A1  - Kennedy, Richard
A1  - Crowe, Michael
A1  - Marson, Daniel C.
A1  - Triebel, Kristen L.
SP  - 98
EP  - 103
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0887-6177
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acw081
ID  - ref1
ER  -