TY - JOUR
T1 - A brief neuropsychological battery for use in the chronic heart failure population.
AU - Bauer, Lisa
AU - Pozehl, Bunny
AU - Hertzog, Melody
AU - Johnson, Julene
AU - Zimmerman, Lani
AU - Filipi, Mary
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Cognitive impairment is a recognized consequence of heart failure; however, there are no neuropsychological batteries with documented psychometric data in the chronic heart failure population. To document the psychometric properties of a brief neuropsychological battery in a chronic heart failure sample. The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, Trail Making Test Part A and Part B, and letter fluency was administered to a sample of individuals with chronic heart failure. Eighty individuals with stable heart failure participated in this study. Individuals with chronic heart failure scored significantly lower than expected age and education adjusted norms in the domains of attention (p < 0.001), memory (p < 0.001), language (p < 0.001), executive function (p < 0.001), and psychomotor speed (p = 0.02). Scores on the tests of memory and executive function correlated to functional status (r = 0.28, p = 0.02 and r = 0.29, p = 0.03, respectively). Acceptable convergent validity and test-retest reliability were documented for this battery. The neuropsychological battery had adequate reliability and validity in individuals with chronic heart failure.
AB - Cognitive impairment is a recognized consequence of heart failure; however, there are no neuropsychological batteries with documented psychometric data in the chronic heart failure population. To document the psychometric properties of a brief neuropsychological battery in a chronic heart failure sample. The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, Trail Making Test Part A and Part B, and letter fluency was administered to a sample of individuals with chronic heart failure. Eighty individuals with stable heart failure participated in this study. Individuals with chronic heart failure scored significantly lower than expected age and education adjusted norms in the domains of attention (p < 0.001), memory (p < 0.001), language (p < 0.001), executive function (p < 0.001), and psychomotor speed (p = 0.02). Scores on the tests of memory and executive function correlated to functional status (r = 0.28, p = 0.02 and r = 0.29, p = 0.03, respectively). Acceptable convergent validity and test-retest reliability were documented for this battery. The neuropsychological battery had adequate reliability and validity in individuals with chronic heart failure.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2011.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2011.03.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 21514892
AN - SCOPUS:84865265088
SN - 1474-5151
VL - 11
SP - 223
EP - 230
JO - European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology
JF - European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology
IS - 2
ER -