Because of its marked clinical variability, hemineglect should not be evaluated by a single test12; the use of a battery of tests that evaluates all hemineglect types is ...   ServicesonDemandJournalSciELOAnalyticsGoogleScholarH5M5()ArticleEnglish(pdf)ArticleinxmlformatHowtocitethisarticleSciELOAnalyticsCurriculumScienTIAutomatictranslationIndicatorsCitedbySciELOAccessstatisticsRelatedlinksCitedbyGoogleSimilarsinSciELOSimilarsinGoogleShareMoreMorePermalinkArquivosdeNeuro-PsiquiatriaPrint version ISSN0004-282XOn-line version ISSN1678-4227Arq.Neuro-Psiquiatr. vol.65 no.4b SãoPaulo Dec. 2007https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2007000700019 ARTICLES Screeningtestsarenotenoughtodetecthemineglect Testesdetriagemnãosãosuficientesparadiagnosticarheminegligência  ManuelAlvimLeiteLopesI;HebertPereiraFerreiraI;JulianaCostaCarvalhoI;LídiaCardosoII;CharlesAndréIIIIMestrandodoProgramadePós-GraduaçãoemClínicaMédica,SetorNeurologia,UniversidadeFederaldoRiodeJaneiro,RiodeJaneiroRJ,Brazil(UFRJ)IIProfessoraAdjuntadoDepartamentodePsiquiatriadaFaculdadedeMedicinadaUFRJ,DoutoraemCiênciasdaSaúde-ProgramadePósGraduaçãoemPsiquiatriaeSaúdeMental/IPUB/UFRJIIIProfessorAdjuntodoDepartamentodeClínicaMédica,SetorNeurologia,daFaculdadedeMedicinadaUFRJ  ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE:ToverifythesensitivityoftheconventionalsubtestsoftheBehavioralInattentionTest(BIT)inthediagnosisofhemineglectafterstroke.METHOD:Onehundredandtwopatientswithcerebralinfarctorhemorrhagewereprospectivelyevaluated.In22,hemineglectwasdiagnosedusingstandardBITcriteria.Thefrequencyofhemineglectusing6commonlyusedscreeningsubtestsofthisbatterywasassessed.RESULTS:Hemineglectwouldnotberecognizedin10patientsiftheywereonlyscreenedusingthelinecrossingtest;thiswouldbethecasein2patientswiththelettercancellationtest;andin4patientwiththelinebisectiontest.Threepatientswouldnotbediagnosedevenifbothlinecrossingandlinebisectiontestswereused.CONCLUSION:Hemineglectmaynotberecognizedwithsinglescreeningtestscommonlyused.Theuseofastandardbatteryisrecommendedto