International Journal of Neurorehabilitation

Chubu Medical Center for Prolonged Traumatic Brain Dysfunction, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Gifu, Japan

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• Research Article   
  Use of the National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims� Aid Score Original (NASVA score-O) as an Evaluative Measure for Patients in an Unresponsive Wakefulness State
  Author(s): Eiko Takano*, Toshio Teranishi, Jun Shinoda, Yoshihide Nagamine, Chiho Honda and Izumi Kondo
  
  Objective: The National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims’ Aid score original (NASVA score-O) is an evaluative assessment for patients in an unresponsive wakefulness state (UWS). The objective was to examine the difficulty of each sub-item of the NASVA score-O and its suitability for the assessment of patients in a UWS. Methods: The participants were 134 patients in a UWS (96 men, 38 women; age range at admission, 9-83 years). The scaled NASVA score-O, an outfit mean square (MNSQ), and an infit MNSQ for each sub-item using Rasch modeling were calculated. The 48 sub-items were arranged in order of the score of the item measures, and a difficulty map was created. The suitability of the 48 sub-items was analyzed using the outfit and the infit MNSQs. Results: Ten sub-items were classified as misfits, and the item measure of five sub-items was -5.1 points. Conclusions: Medical.. Read More»
  

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