Fals-Stewart W
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Brockton, MA, USA.
J Subst Abuse. 1996;8(1):1-17. doi: 10.1016/s0899-3289(96)90043-7.
Two intermediate-length neuropsychological test batteries-the Brain Age Quotient-T Scored (BAQ-T) and the Neuropsychological Screening Battery (NSB)-were used to evaluate the cognitive functioning of substance-abusing patients. Patients entering residential treatment for substance abuse (n = 30) performed significantly worse on both batteries compared to demographically similar participants from a nonclinical control group (n = 30). Both batteries categorized over one third of the substance-abusing patients as cognitively impaired; the chance-corrected agreement (kappa) of the BAQ-T and NSB in classifying participants as either cognitively impaired or intact was satisfactory. The comparative merits and limitations of each battery are discussed.
使用了两个中等长度的神经心理学测试组合——脑年龄商数T评分（BAQ-T）和神经心理学筛查组合（NSB）来评估药物滥用患者的认知功能。与来自非临床对照组（n = 30）的人口统计学特征相似的参与者相比，进入住院药物滥用治疗的患者（n = 30）在这两个测试组合上的表现均显著更差。两个测试组合都将超过三分之一的药物滥用患者归类为认知受损；BAQ-T和NSB在将参与者分类为认知受损或未受损方面的机会校正一致性（kappa值）令人满意。讨论了每个测试组合的相对优点和局限性。
