Behavioral Inattention Test

Cut-Off Scores: (Halligan et al, 1991; Menon & Korner-Bitensky, 2004)

Indicating the presence of spatial neglect:

• • BITC < than 129
  • BITB < than 67
  • BIT < than 196

Stroke & Healthy Normals: (Wilson et al, 1987, n = 28 stroke and 14 non stroke patients; mean age (patients) = 54.29 (8.82) years; time since stroke = 12.25 (20.06) days)

• Excellent test-retest reliability (r = 0.83)

Acute Stroke: (Halligan et al, 1991, n = 80; mean age = 56.2 (10.5) years; average time since stroke = 2 months)

• Excellent test-retest reliability (r = 0.89 BITC; r = 0.97 BITB)

Acute Stroke: (Halligan et al, 1991):

• Excellent inter-rater reliability (r = 0.99 BITC; r = 0.99 BITB)

Acute Stroke: (Jehkonen et al, 2000, n = 57, mean age = 63.23 (10.21) years, examined within 10 days of stroke)

• Excellent predictor of poor functional outcomes
  • Results accounted for 73%, 64% and 61% of the total variance of the Frenchay Activity Index at 3, 6 and 12 months respectively 

Acute Stroke: (Halligan et al, 1991; Cassidy et al, 1999)

• Excellent to adequate convergent validity with:
  • Occupational Therapist Checklist (r = -0.65)
  • Rivermead Activities of Daily Living Assessment (r = 0.55)
  • Barthel Index (r = 0.64)

Test development: (Wilson et al, 1987)

• Interviewed clients with stroke about everyday difficulties
• Retrieved information from published cases, behavioral observation of patients with neglect, as well as from discussions with occupational therapists, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists, and neurologists, all of whom had worked with patients with visual neglect.
• Final selection of items was determined based on results of a pilot study