TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Agitation assessment in severe traumatic brain injury: methodological and clinical issues
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Angelino, Elisabetta
A1  - Miglioretti, Massimo
A1  - Zotti, Anna Maria
SP  - 269
EP  - 275
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - The aim of this single case study was to evaluate the applicability of a graphic and statistical time-series analyses in the observation of an agitation disturbance in a 16-year-old patient who had sustained a severe traumatic brain injury. The agitation was measured using the Agitated Behaviour Scale. The experimental model was of the A-B type: phase A corresponded to the period of vegetative state, and phase B to the period following the reawakening from coma. The data were submitted to visual and statistical analysis by the split-middle trend line method, function of autocorrelation, and C statistic. The results show the different nature and frequency of the agitated behaviour during the vegetative state and after reawakening from coma. The application of a statistical analysis to establish whether the behavioural disturbance is random or a response to the environment allows the adoption of specific and potentially more efficacious treatments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699050110103968
ID  - ref1
ER  -