Relationship of neuropsychological status to everyday functioning in healthy and chronically ill persons
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Three hundred and three patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and concomitant neuropsychological impairment plus 99 health control subjects matched on the basis of socio-demograhphic variables were administered an expanded version of the Halstead-Reitan Battery and a battery of instruments measuring the quality of everyday-life functioning. The results indicated that neuropsychological measures can be used to predict everyday-life functioning in impaired persons, but few significant relationships were observed in the normals. Neuropsychological status was more consistently related to activities of daily living and basic social role performance than to emotional status. Complex, multifunctional neuropsychological tasks were found to be the best overall predictors of life functioning, whereas more specific tasks served as better predictors of specific dimensions of life functioning.
Publication Date
1-1-1985
Publication Title
Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology
ISSN
01650475
Volume
7
Issue
3
First Page
281
Last Page
291
PubMed ID
3998092
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/01688638508401260
Recommended Citation
McSweeny, A. J.; Grant, I.; Heaton, R. K.; Prigatano, G. P.; and Adams, K. M., "Relationship of neuropsychological status to everyday functioning in healthy and chronically ill persons" (1985). Clinical Neuropsychology. 243.
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