The purpose of this project is to gather pilot data related to exploring relationships between cognitive impairment and/or psychiatric distress and suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors in Veterans with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). To achieve this goal, a neuropsychological battery will be administered to Veterans with HIV/AIDS.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Denver, Colorado, United States
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)
The WAIS-IV is a widely used and well established instrument used to assesses an individual's intellectual functioning within various cognitive domains and organizes performance into several indices including Verbal Comprehension Index, Perceptual Reasoning Index, Working Memory Index, and Processing Speed Index. A composite, Full Scale IQ, is also generated to represent an estimation of overall intellectual functioning.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Trail Making Test (TMT): Parts A & B
The TMT is a timed, pencil-paper, measure of attention, speed, and cognitive flexibility and requires participants to draw a line to accurately sequence 25 circles containing numbers (Part A) and alternating letters and numbers (Part B).
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edition (CVLT-II)
The CVLT-II examines several aspects of verbal learning, organization, and memory.
Time frame: 1 Time Adminstration
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
Measure of executive functioning.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Brief VisuoSpatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R)
The BVMT-R measures immediate and delayed visual memory.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)
Measure of executive functioning.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45)
The OQ-45 is a 45-item questionnaire that was designed to measure key areas of mental health functioning (symptom distress, interpersonal functioning, and social role).
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Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS)
The BSS is a 19-item scale that assesses severity of suicide ideation.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Health Status Questionnaire (HSQ)
The HSQ is a 39-item, multiple choice, self-report measure that collects patient-reported, subjective data on eight subscales: Health Perception, Physical Functioning, Role Limitations/Physical Health, Role Limitations/Emotional Problems, Social Functioning, Mental Health, Bodily Pain and Energy/Fatigue.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
University of Washington Risk Assessment Protocol-Revised (UWRAP)
The UWRAP will be used to address potential risk associated with participating in the study.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM)
The TOMM is a measure of effortful performance on objective tasks.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-Research Version (SCID-I)
The SCID is a reliable and valid semi-structured interview used to make psychiatric diagnosis in both clinical and research settings.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Lifetime Suicide Attempt Self Injury Interview (L-SASI)
The L-SASI was developed as a very brief survey of lifetime intentional self-harm behaviors and categorizes them into suicide attempts and non-suicidal acts.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Participant Demographics Form
A questionnaire was created by members of the research team to collect data regarding demographics.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Ohio State University TBI-ID (OSU TBI-ID) Short Form
The OSU TBI-ID Short Form will be used to determine history of TBI and presence of persistent TBI-related complaints.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)
The BHS is a 20-item true-false self-report scale that measures the level of negative expectations about the future held by respondents.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II)
The BDI-II is a widely used 21 item, self-administered instrument used to detect depression.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
The BAI is a widely-used, 21-item, self-administered instrument used to measure the severity of an individual's anxiety.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration
Military Suicide Research Consortium (MSRC) Common Data Elements
The Common Data Elements are a compilation of validated and reliable measures used to gather data on the risk factors for suicidal behavioral.
Time frame: 1 Time Administration