The aim of this study was to translate the SECONDs from French into Chinese and assess the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the SECONDs .
To promote accurate assessments of DoC patients and the development of clinical research on DoC in China, we here propose and validate a version of the SECONDs translated into Mandarin Chinese. Hence, this study aims to assess the concurrent validity (compared with the CRS-R which has already been translated and validated in Mandarin), intra-rater reliability, and inter-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the SECONDs
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
49
All patients were assessed by the Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs) and Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)
International Vegetative State and Consciousness Science Institute, Hangzhou Normal University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the SECONDs
The reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the SECONDs were evaluated by calculating the weighted Cohen's Kappa and Spearman coefficients of the differences between SECONDs and CRS-R in the diagnosis of MCS and UWS patients
Time frame: Within 10 days
Diagnose the level of consciousness in patients through SECONDs and CRS-R
Detect acute (longer than 14 days, less than 28 days) or prolonged DoC (following severe acquired brain injury, longer than 28 days) patients through Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs).
Time frame: Within 10 days
Diagnose the level of consciousness in patients through CRS-R
Detect acute (longer than 14 days, less than 28 days) or prolonged DoC (following severe acquired brain injury, longer than 28 days) patients through Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R).
Time frame: Within 10 days
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