Publications by authors named "H van Schothorst"
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- The Groningen Effort Test (GET) is a new type of performance validity test (PVT) that focuses on non-memory skills, developed to improve assessment accuracy in neuropsychological evaluations.
- The study aimed to validate the GET against two established memory-based PVTs in patients suspected of having chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (CSE) and to assess its diagnostic accuracy.
- Results showed that the GET identified a much higher rate of invalid performance (51.7%) than the traditional tests (20.0%), but it also failed to meet the preferred specificity threshold of 90%, indicating it may not be reliable in clinical settings for this condition.
Background: Differentiating the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia from a depression is challenging. Recent development of automated speech analyses might add to diagnostic.
Aim: To investigate the value of automated speech analyses in differentiating bvFTD from a depressive disorder.
Adult expatriates in countries where hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly endemic have an increased risk of HBV infection, but little is known about risks to their children or about patterns of spread. The epidemiology of HBV infection was studied among 124 unvaccinated Dutch missionaries and family members who lived in a rural area of Nigeria. Antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen were found in 5 (9.
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