Personalized Objects Can Improve the Diagnosis of EMCS From MCS
- Conditions
- Patients in Minimally Conscious State
- Registration Number
- NCT02988206
- Lead Sponsor
- Hangzhou Normal University
- Brief Summary
In this study，researchers will use personalized objects to assess patients' level of consciousness in chronic patients in minimally conscious state (MCS).
- Detailed Description
The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) is an important tool for the assessment of behaviors in DOC.Clinical practice has shown that self-referential stimuli, such as the patient's own name and face, are more effective to elicit the patient's response than that of non-self-referential stimuli.
The item "Functional Object Use" was assessed by using personalized objects (e.g., cigarette, paper) and non-personalized objects, which presented in a random order.The rest assessments were performed following the standard protocol of CRS-R. The differences between functional use of the two types of objects was analyzed by Chi-square test.
Researchers expected to see some of the patients in MCS are re-diagnosed as EMCS with the using of personalized objects.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21
- patients in minimally conscious state;
- patients with stable condition;
- each patient has athletic ability to some extent.
- premorbid neurology antecedent;
- patients in coma or vegetative state;
- patients < 1 months after the acute brain injury.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The frequency of behavioral response elicited by the stimuli suggested by CRS-R scale and the personalized stimuli they prefer one week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method