Identifying Suitable Cognitive Assessments for Children and Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury for use by Occupational Therapists in Acute and Subacute Hospital Contexts: A Scoping Review
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Aim To appraise the literature evaluating psychometric properties and clinical utility of cognitive assessments available for use by occupational therapists in acute and subacute hospital contexts with children aged 4-18 years diagnosed with an acquired brain injury. Methods Scoping review. Assessments and associated studies were evaluated for their methodologic quality using the COnsensus-based standard for the Selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) strategy. Results Forty-one studies evaluated 49 different assessments and reported on assessment psychometrics (n = 40), clinical utility (n = 1) and five reported on both. Fourteen assessments with the strongest psychometric properties and clinical utility were shortlisted. Conclusion A gold standard assessment was not identified. Instead, a shortlist of functional, performance-based, technology-based, and self-report assessments were identified as relevant for the setting and population, but requiring further investigation. Future development of a cognitive assessment in partnership with therapists working in tertiary pediatric settings will ensure optimal clinical utility and validity.
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Many settings do not have the resources, personnel, or infrastructure to support comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation for children throughout all stages of TBI recovery.
“Many settings do not have the resources, personnel, or infrastructure to support comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation for children throughout all stages of TBI recovery (Bailey et al., 2022).”
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- Authors
- Bailey, A., Chenoweth, T., Fisher, Z., Joannides, M., Watters, S., Mazzucchelli, J., Taylor, S., & Harris, C.
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (AU)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Bailey, Ashleigh
- Venue
- Developmental Neurorehabilitation
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2022-07-18
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 485-500
- ISSN
- 1363-8491 (ISSN-L)
- 1751-8423
- 1751-8431
- OpenAlex
- W4285802850
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1
- FWCI
- 0.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Developmental Neurorehabilitation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- The author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- cognitive assessment, acquired brain injury, pediatric brain injury, children and adolescents, occupational therapy, psychometric properties, clinical utility, performance-based assessment, technology-based assessment, self-report measures, functional assessment, COSMIN
- MeSH terms
- Occupational Therapists, Adolescent, Brain Injuries, Child, Cognition, Hospitals, Humans, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results
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