Validation to Brazilian Portuguese of the coma recovery scale-revised.

ABSTRACT:

Background

 To improve the diagnostic accuracy of the state of consciousness of patients with severe brain injury, Giacino et al. introduced the Coma Recovery Scale (CRS) in 1991, which underwent revision in 2004, resulting in the revised CRS scale (CRS-R).

Objective

 To determine the concurrent validity, as well as inter- and intrarater agreement of the CRS-R's adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese.

Methods

 This study involved a sample of 30 patients with severe brain injury. Concurrent evaluations were also performed with the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Full Outline of UnResponsiveness (FOUR) scale. A total of seven rehabilitation experts were recruited to assess the inter- and intrarater reliability agreement.

Results

 Interrater reliability was moderate

SUBMITTER: Champs APS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11578665 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature