RT Journal Article
T1 Improving Self-awareness after Acquired Brain Injury Leads to Enhancements in Patients' Daily Living Functionality
A1 Villalobos Tornero, María Dolores
A1 Bilbao, Álvaro
A1 López-Muñoz, Francisco
A1 Pacios García, Javier
AB Objective: To explore whether the improvement in self-awareness induced by a structured intervention programme in patients suffering a brain injury is associated with an enhancement in their functional outcomes.Method: This study uses a pre- and post-test control group design with a sample of 56 patients with acquired brain injury randomly assigned to an experimental and a control group. Pre- and post-intervention measurements were self-awareness (using a previously developed scale) and functional outcome (using the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale).Results: Patients who received the intervention programme showed a greater improvement in their self-awareness level and functional outcome than patients in the control group. Additionally, the correlation analyses between improvements at both measures showed a relation between improvement in self-awareness and improvement in functional outcome, especially when the pre-treatment self-awareness level was considered.Conclusions: Implementing an intervention programme in self-awareness, in the context of a global rehabilitation process of patients with acquired brain injury, is useful for improving their self-awareness level and the functionality in their daily activities.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 1443-9646
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91950
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91950
LA eng
NO Villalobos D, Bilbao Á, López-Muñoz F, Pacios J. Improving Self-awareness After Acquired Brain Injury Leads to Enhancements in Patients’ Daily Living Functionality. Brain Impairment. 2019;20(3):268-275. doi:10.1017/BrImp.2019.10
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 abr 2025