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Ecological assessment of cognitive functions in children with acquired brain injury: A systematic review.
- Source :
- Brain Injury; Aug2012, Vol. 26 Issue 9, p1033-1057, 25p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Background: Childhood acquired brain injury (ABI) often leads to impairment in cognitive functioning, resulting in disabilities in both the home and school environment. Assessing the impact of these cognitive deficits in everyday life using traditional neuropsychological tests has been challenging. This study systematically reviewed ecological measures of cognitive abilities available for children with ABI. Method: Eight databases were searched (until October 2011) for scales: (1) focused on ecological assessment of cognitive functioning; (2) with published data in an ABI population; (3) applicable to children up to 17;11 years of age; and (4) in English. The title and abstract of all papers were reviewed independently by two reviewers. Results: Database searches yielded a total of 12 504 references, of which 17 scales met the inclusion criteria for the review, focusing on executive functions ( n = 9), memory ( n = 3), general cognitive abilities ( n = 2), visuo-spatial skills ( n = 2) and attention ( n = 1). Four tasks used observation of actual performance in a natural environment, five were proxy-reports and six were functional paper and pencil type tasks, performed in an office. Conclusion: Overall, few measures were found; eight were still experimental tasks which did not provide norms. Executive functions were better represented in ecological assessment, with relatively more standardized scales available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COMPLICATIONS of brain injuries
COGNITION disorders diagnosis
ATTENTION
CINAHL database
COGNITIVE testing
COGNITION disorders
FUNCTIONAL assessment
ERIC (Information retrieval system)
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
MEDLINE
MEMORY
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
SYSTEMATIC reviews
TASK performance
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699052
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 77633464
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2012.666366