RT Journal Article
T1 The Self-Awareness Multilevel Assessment Scale, a New Tool for the Assessment of Self-Awareness After Severe Acquired Brain Injury: Preliminary Findings
A1 Bivona, Umberto
A1 Ciurli, Paola
A1 Ferri, Giulia
A1 Fontanelli, Tiziana
A1 Lucatello, Susanna
A1 Donvito, Teresa
A1 Villalobos Tornero, María Dolores
A1 Cellupica, Laura
A1 Mungiello, Fabiana
A1 Lo Sterzo, Paola
A1 Ferraro, Amalia
A1 Giandotti, Eleonora
A1 Lombardi, Giorgio
A1 Azicnuda, Eva
A1 Caltagirone, Carlo
A1 Formisano, Rita
A1 Costa, Alberto
AB Self-awareness (SA) is frequently impaired after severe acquired brain injury (sABI) and may lead to reduced subject’s compliance to treatment, worse functional outcome, and high caregiver distress. Considering the multifaceted nature of SA, a specific and effective assessment is crucial to address treatment of impairment of SA (ISA). Many tools can currently assess ISA; however, they have some important limits. In the present study, we proposed the Self-Awareness Multilevel Assessment Scale (SAMAS), a new scale for assessment of SA at different levels (i.e., declarative, emergent, and anticipatory) across all domains of functioning. The SAMAS has been designed to be administered by the cognitive/behavioral therapist with the involvement of a patient’s relative. Findings showed that the SAMAS allowed specifically assessing SA at a declarative level and on all possible functional domains. More interestingly, it seems also able to assess both emergent and anticipatory SA, thus overcoming some important limits of other current assessment methods. Our findings are consistent with a holistic perspective of the patient with sABI because thanks to the combined use of assessing tools, the SAMAS can provide an accurate diagnosis of ISA, thus better addressing the neurorehabilitation treatment and, accordingly, reducing the possible occurrence of its primary and secondary implications.
PB Frontiers
SN 1664-1078
YR 2020
FD 2020-07-24
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95180
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/95180
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025