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Criterion validity of a functional cognitive task in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
- Source :
- Brain Injury; Aug2012, Vol. 26 Issue 9, p1143-1154, 12p, 7 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Primary objective: To verify criterion validity of measures from a functional cognitive task (FCT) carried out with patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) at 2-5 years post-injury. Methods and procedures: Forty-six patients with sTBI took part in a long-term outcome study where the FCT and the Neurobehavioural Rating Scale-Revised (NBRS-R) were administered and the FIM™ instrument was rated. The FCT is a telephone information gathering task for evaluating functional cognitive skills. Results: Ten of 16 measures of the FCT were significantly correlated with similar or related concepts from the NBRS-R. The FIM™ cognitive score and the individual items of this score were significantly correlated with 13 of the FCT measures and with the percentage of amount of information gathered. Internal consistency was good for 13 of 16 measures. Overall, patients generally had mild difficulty on the FCT concepts. Conclusion: The FCT can be used with patients with sTBI to evaluate certain aspects of functional cognition. It has good criterion validity and internal consistency, but additional research is required to further measure reliability and its applicability to other severity of TBI and to other phases of recovery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COGNITION
COMA
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPLOYMENT
LONGITUDINAL method
MARITAL status
EVALUATION of medical care
MEDICAL rehabilitation
HEALTH outcome assessment
PATIENTS
REHABILITATION centers
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
STATISTICS
QUALITATIVE research
DATA analysis
TASK performance
SEVERITY of illness index
REHABILITATION for brain injury patients
FUNCTIONAL assessment
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
TRAUMA registries
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02699052
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 77633471
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2012.666922