Clinical Trial: Personalized Objects Can Improve the Diagnosis of EMCS From MCS

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

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Brief Summary: In this study，researchers will use personalized objects to assess patients' level of consciousness in chronic patients in minimally conscious state (MCS).

Detailed Summary:

The Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) is an important tool for the assessment of behaviors in DOC.Clinical practice has shown that self-referential stimuli, such as the patient's own name and face, are more effective to elicit the patient's response than that of non-self-referential stimuli.

The item "Functional Object Use" was assessed by using personalized objects (e.g., cigarette, paper) and non-personalized objects, which presented in a random order.The rest assessments were performed following the standard protocol of CRS-R. The differences between functional use of the two types of objects was analyzed by Chi-square test.

Researchers expected to see some of the patients in MCS are re-diagnosed as EMCS with the using of personalized objects.

Sponsor: Hangzhou Normal University

Current Primary Outcome: The frequency of behavioral response elicited by the stimuli suggested by CRS-R scale and the personalized stimuli they prefer [ Time Frame: one week ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: Hangzhou Normal University

Dates:
Date Received: December 5, 2016
Date Started: March 2015
Date Completion:
Last Updated: December 12, 2016
Last Verified: December 2016