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The Behavioral Inattention Test
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Administration
Purpose
- A standardized assessment for unilateral neglect
- Objective behavioral test of everyday skills
Population: Individuals 18-83 years old
Strokes, TBIS, and cerebral tumors
Settings: Hospital, clinical, home, SNFs (preferably in a quiet room)
Position: Administrator sitting directly across from individual
Time: About 30-40 minutes
Cost of Assessment Kit: $280.00; can be purchased used
The Behavioral Inattention Test
• Conventional Sub-test Has 6 Items and Tests for Visual Neglect
Scoring and Interpretation
o Line crossing
o Letter cancellation
o Star cancellation
o Figure and shape copying
o Line bisection
o Representational drawing
Conventional Score: < 129 = implies attentional problems
Behavioral Score: < 67 = implies perceptual/attention difficulties
Total Score = < 196 = presence of spatial neglect
Normative Data
None Established
Authors: Janet Cockburn, Peter Halligan, and Barbara Wilson
Validity
BIT Behavioral Sub-test Consists of 9 Items and Tests Everyday Skills
Equipment
Reliability
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- Forms for each of the sub-tests
- Photographs of a meal, wash-basin and toiletries, a large room with pieces of furniture and hospital aids, and a digital clock
- Playing cards
- Coins
- A menu
- Analog clock
- Paper and pencil
o Pre-scanning
o Phone dialing
o Menu reading
o Article reading
o Telling and setting the time
o Coin sorting
o Address and sentence copying
o Map navigation
o Card sorting