In this study，researchers will use personalized objects to assess patients' level of consciousness in chronic patients in minimally conscious state (MCS).
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
21
personalized objects are based on the observation or the reports from family
non-personalized objects are based on the suggestion in CRS-R,which are comb and cup
The frequency of behavioral response elicited by the stimuli suggested by CRS-R scale and the personalized stimuli they prefer
Time frame: one week
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