The Italian version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)

Lombardi, Francesco and Gatta, Giordano and Sacco, Simona and Muratori, Anna and Carolei, Antonio (2007) The Italian version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). Functional Neurology; New Trends in Interventional Neurosciences, 22 (1). pp. 47-61. ISSN 1971-3274

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Abstract

We present, in the appendix, the Italian version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R), a reliable tool that can distinguish patients in the minimally conscious state from those in a vegetative state. The CRS-R consists of 29 hierarchically organised items divided into 6 subscales addressing auditory, visual, motor, oromotor, communication, and arousal processes. The translation procedure, designed to ensure the development of an Italian version of the CRS-R that mirrors the structure and content of the original, was the following: three translations of the scale were concurrently completed by authors from the groups involved in the study; a selected version underwent back translation to detect errors in translation and to ensure that there was no misinterpretation of administration and scoring guidelines; a consensus meeting was held to agree on a fully comprehensible and accurate Italian translation that was consistent with the original English text; the authors of the original version were consulted for additional assistance with translation when consensus could not be reached; a final back translation was done based on the agreed Italian version The Italian version of the scale is now available for use in clinical practice and in studies designed to investigate its psychometric properties; this will help in the coordination of multicentre studies to assess its reliability

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Validation Studies
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Coma, coma recovery scale, minimally conscious state, vegetative state
Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.8 Malattie del sistema nervoso e disturbi mentali (Classificare qui la Neuropsichiatria, la Neurologia)
Depositing User:	Danilo Dezzi
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2012 12:56
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2012 12:56
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3713

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