Evaluating the validity, reliability and clinical utility of the Music therapy Sensory Instrument for Cognition, Consciousness and Awareness (MuSICCA): protocol of a validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A growing number of children and young people are surviving severe acquired brain injuries due to advances in healthcare. However, many fail to emerge from coma and continue to live with disorders of consciousness (DOC). Diagnostic, clinical and ethical challenges are prominent in this group. Misdiagnosis can have severe consequences for children and their families, including inadequate care, insufficient access to rehabilitation and stimulation, reduced accessibility to services and inappropriately limited opportunities for participation. The proposed project will develop and validate a diagnostic measure that supports detailed goal-planning-the Music therapy Sensory Instrument for Cognition, Consciousness and Awareness (MuSICCA).

Methods and analysis

Face vali

SUBMITTER: Pool JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430455 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature