The Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) was developed for individuals who are too impaired to complete standard neuropsychological tests.

Severe Impairment Battery
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Severe Impairment Battery

SIB

Francois Boller,K. L. McGonigle,Judy Saxton,A. A. Swihart


The Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) was developed for individuals who are too impaired to complete standard neuropsychological tests.

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Date de publication:
1993
Groupe d’âge:
Adults, 51 to 91 years
Notation/Interprétation:
Subscale scores
Niveau de qualification:
B
Passation:
20 minutes
Options de notation:
Hand-scoring
Normes:
70 U.S. patient clinical study
Formats d'administration:
Paper-and-pencil

SIB focuses on gathering direct performance-based data on a wide variety of low-level tasks that take into account the specific behavioral and cognitive deficits associated with severe dementia.

Benefits

  • Assess Cognitive Severely Demented Elderly.
  • Allows non-verbal and partially correct responses.
  • Admits simpler response modes such as matching.