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Neurobehavioral%20Symptom%20Inventory%20(NSI)
| Availability |
The instrument is freely available here: Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory.
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| Classification |
Supplemental: Stroke, Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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| Short Description of Instrument |
The severity of each symptom on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) is measured using a 5-item scale (0-none to 4-very severe) that asks patients to indicate the extent to which each symptom has disturbed them in the previous 2 weeks. The NSI total score is the sum of severity ratings of the 22 symptoms.
Patient self-report either through 1) written completion of the questionnaire, or 2) in-person or telephone interview with clinician or research associate.
Administration time is 5–10 minutes.
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| Scoring |
Raw scores can be calculated for the four domains (Physical, Cognitive, Affective and Sensory) and for the Total Score.
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| References |
Cicerone KD & Kalmar K. Persistent Post Concussion Syndrome: The structure of subjective complaints after mild traumatic brain injury. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 1995;10(3):1-17.
Meterko M, Baker E, Stolzmann KL, Hendricks AM, Cicerone KD, Lew HL. Psychometric assessment of the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory-22: the structure of persistent postconcussive symptoms following deployment-related mild traumatic brain injury among veterans. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2012;27(1):55-62.
Vanderploeg RD, Silva MA, Soble JR, Curtiss G, Belanger HG, Donnell AJ, Scott SG. The structure of postconcussion symptoms on the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory: a comparison of alternative models. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2015;30(1):1-11.
Document last updated May 2020
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