Table 3.
Attitudes toward neuropsychological assessment (NPA)
| Question | Response frequency |
|---|---|
| Which type of patients could benefit from NPA? (list syndromes) | N = 237 |
| Traumatic brain injury | 188 (79%) |
| Brain tumors or other cancer | 63 (27%) |
| Stroke | 53 (22%) |
| Attention deficit disorder | 52 (22%) |
| Epilepsy | 50 (21%) |
| Dementia | 48 (20%) |
| What characterizes individuals who could benefit from NPA? | N = 129 |
| A relevant disease | 86 (67%) |
| Rehabilitation potential | 60 (47%) |
| Younger age | 44 (34%) |
| Changes in cognitive state | 42 (33%) |
| Feasibility of return to work | 27 (21%) |
| Higher motivation | 16 (12%) |
| What are the advantages of NPA over other cognitive evaluations? | N = 155 |
| Integration | 95 (61%) |
| Expertise | 70 (45%) |
| Breadth | 51 (33%) |
| Depth | 37 (24%) |
| Interpretation | 13 (8%) |
| What are the disadvantages of NPA over other cognitive evaluations? | N = 130 |
| Report length | 63 (48%) |
| Cost/price | 53 (41%) |
| Turnaround time | 48 (37%) |
| Relevance to functioning | 21 (16%) |
| Reliability | 13 (10%) |
Note: Numbers reflect the percentage of participants relative to the number of participants who answered the relevant question. Participants could provide more than one answer and therefore the numbers do not add up to 100%