TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Criterion validity of a functional cognitive task in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Leblanc, Joanne
A1  - De Guise, Elaine
A1  - Lamoureux, Julie
A1  - Meyer, Kim
A1  - Duplantie, Jennifer
A1  - Thomas, Harle
A1  - Abouassaly, Michel
A1  - Champoux, Marie-Claude
A1  - Couturier, Celine
A1  - Lin, Howell
A1  - Lu, Lucy
A1  - Robinson, Cathlyn
A1  - Roger, Eric
A1  - Maleki, Mohammed
A1  - Feyz, Mitra
SP  - 1143
EP  - 1154
VL  - 26
IS  - 9
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2012.666922
ID  - ref1
ER  -