| The complementary role of music therapy in the detection of awareness in disorders of consciousness: An audit of concurrent SMART and MATADOC assessments. | |
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PMID: 23302033 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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In the behavioural assessment of disorders of consciousness (DOC), best practice is for several different assessment tools to be used to encourage a variety of different responses indicative of awareness. Anecdotal evidence suggests a range of musical stimuli may be particularly effective in eliciting responses to guide the assessment process, although comparative data regarding behavioural domains is lacking. This study examined 42 concurrent records of patients assessed using the Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitation Technique (SMART), and the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) to explore the relationship between diagnosis and behavioural characteristics of the cohort. Whilst the two tools produced a high level of agreement in diagnostic outcome (Spearman Rho .80), divergent diagnosis and weaker correlations between behavioural response items highlight contrasting sensitivities of the tools. Whilst MATADOC has higher sensitivity within auditory and visual domains relative to SMART, SMART has higher sensitivity in the motor domain. The significant contribution of musical response items in MATADOC, and the tactile response item in SMART, indicates both tools provide unique behavioural data predictive of awareness. Multidisciplinary assessment using SMART and MATADOC provides complementary data contributing to a fuller understanding of a patient's level of awareness. |
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Julian O'Kelly; Wendy L Magee |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-10 |
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Title: Neuropsychological rehabilitation Volume: - ISSN: 1464-0694 ISO Abbreviation: Neuropsychol Rehabil Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9112672 Medline TA: Neuropsychol Rehabil Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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a Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London, UK and Aalborg University , Aalborg , Denmark. |
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