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Wales L. Conceptual framework of the recovery of self-awareness following a severe traumatic brain injury in childhood. Brain Inj 2022; 37:655-661. [PMID: 36527373 DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2022.2158233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Self-awareness following a TBI in childhood is an under-represented area of research in the pediatric literature. The issue is well described in the adult literature but the theories and practice recommendations in this body of literature are not easily transferable to pediatric neurorehabilitation. Children and young people sustain a TBI at a time when the brain is yet to fully develop. This paper outlines a conceptual framework that incorporates and adapts knowledge from the adult and pediatric literature of self-awareness. METHODS The content and the structure of the framework is constructed from clinical experience, existing literature and the findings from an empirical study. FINDINGS A conceptual framework is presented with 3 key components: self-awareness knowledge, self-awareness in context, self-awareness for the future. The components are explained and the relationship between the concepts is highlighted. CONCLUSION The framework provides a common language for clinicians and academics to explore the concepts that impact self-awareness during recovery. The framework captures the dynamic developmental and recovery trajectory of self-awareness following a TBI in childhood.
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- Lorna Wales
- Research team, The Children’s Trust, Tadworth, Tadworth, UK
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Riccardi JS, Crook L, Oskowski M, Ciccia A. Speech-Language Pathology Assessment of School-Age Children With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Scoping Review. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 2022; 53:1202-1218. [PMID: 35947821 DOI: 10.1044/2022_lshss-22-00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe evidenced-based assessment practices for school-age children with any severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that could inform the practice of speech-language pathologists (SLPs). METHOD A scoping review of the literature was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines. Included studies were assigned thematic labels related to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework. RESULTS A total of 30 articles met inclusion criteria for this study. Most studies included adolescent or teenage participants with mild TBIs in the acute stages of recovery. Twenty-two different assessments were reported on for children with TBI addressing body structure/function (n = 19 assessments), activities and participation (n = 1 assessment), and contextual factors (n = 3 assessments). CONCLUSIONS Current assessments have a clear focus on body structure/function for adolescents after childhood TBI, with little research evidence to address activities and participation or contextual factors. The limited amount of functional assessments directly related to the SLP scope of practice stresses the need for additional research on ecologically valid and comprehensive assessment approaches for school-age children with TBI. The results of this review could be utilized as a resource in providing theoretical, evidence-based, and person-centered evaluation methods for children with TBI. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.20422170.
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- Jessica S Riccardi
- Communication Sciences Program, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Communication Sciences Program, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Communication Sciences Program, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Communication Sciences Program, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Perkins A, Gracey F, Kelly G, Jim J. A new model to guide identity-focused multidisciplinary rehabilitation for children and young people following acquired brain injury: I-FoRM. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2022; 32:1928-1969. [PMID: 35895321 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2022.2100794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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A complexity of biological, psychological, environmental and systemic factors influences a child's adaption after acquired brain injury (ABI), all of which transform as the child matures. Multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams are challenged by balancing family system needs and the child's needs, whilst promoting the child's functional skills in difficult or unappealing tasks. This paper presents the conceptual basis for a model for use in childhood ABI neurorehabilitation to address these challenges. A non-systematic narrative review of literature pertinent to integrated neurorehabilitation of pediatric ABI was conducted. Contemporary models of adult and pediatric psychosocial adaptation involving identity following ABI were reviewed. Key findings were then synthesized with models of pediatric resilience and self-concept development. The resulting model describes a cyclical adaptation process whereby the child learns experientially about their self and their world after ABI. Processes of identity development play a central role - particularly emotive processes of self-evaluation - by influencing the child's motivation for participation, tolerance for challenge, self-regulation and emerging self-awareness. The model directs clinicians to use the psychosocial processes of identity development to enhance the child's willingness and capacity to engage in the daily challenges of rehabilitation. Further systematic development and evaluation of the model is needed.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.,Cambridge Centre for Paediatric Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- The Children's Trust, Tadworth, UK.,Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK
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Lloyd O, Ownsworth T, Zimmer-Gembeck MJ, Fleming J, Shum DHK. Measuring domain-specific deficits in self-awareness in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury: Component analysis of the Paediatric Awareness Questionnaire. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2021; 32:1814-1834. [PMID: 33980136 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1926290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Self-awareness has been found to vary across different functional domains for adults with acquired brain injury (ABI); however, domain-specific self-awareness is yet to be investigated following paediatric ABI. This study aimed to validate the Paediatric Awareness Questionnaire (PAQ) as a multi-domain measure of self-awareness and to investigate domain-specific self-awareness in children with ABI. One hundred and ninety-seven children and adolescents (8-16 years, M = 12.44, SD = 2.62) with mixed causes of ABI (70% with traumatic brain injury) and their parents (n = 197) were recruited through consecutive rehabilitation appointments and completed the PAQ. The 37 items of the parent version of the PAQ were subjected to a principal component analysis with varimax rotation. A five-component solution (29 items) explained 64% of the variance in the PAQ items. Components revealed five domains of self-awareness: socio-emotional functioning, activities of daily living (ADLs), cognition, physical functioning, and communication. Internal consistency of the components ranged from acceptable to excellent (α = .70-.95). The analysis identified that children had poorer self-awareness of cognitive functioning than socio-emotional functioning, ADLs, and communication skills. Overall, the findings identify five components (i.e., functional domains) of self-awareness and provide some support that self-awareness varies across domains following paediatric ABI.
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- Owen Lloyd
- School of Applied Psychology & Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.,Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, The Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Applied Psychology & Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Applied Psychology & Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Dos Santos Kawata KH, Ueno Y, Hashimoto R, Yoshino S, Ohta K, Nishida A, Ando S, Nakatani H, Kasai K, Koike S. Development of Metacognition in Adolescence: The Congruency-Based Metacognition Scale. Front Psychol 2021; 11:565231. [PMID: 33488443 PMCID: PMC7815698 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Introduction Previous studies on metacognitive ability were explored using self-report questionnaires that are difficult to adequately measure and evaluate when the capacity for self-reference is undeveloped. This study aimed to validate the Congruency-based Metacognition Scale (CMS) to measure metacognition and the feeling of confidence abilities and to investigate the development of metacognition during adolescence. Methods The CMS was administered to 633 child–parent pairs in Japan (child, mean age = 16.0 years, 46.0% female; parent, mean age = 48.3 years, 94.9% mother). The CMS metacognition score was assessed based on congruency scores between the self-report of the child from a third-person perspective (3PP) and the parent’s report from the first-person perspective (1PP). The CMS self-judgment accuracy score was assessed by the congruency scores between the children’s self-report from the 1PP and 3PP. For both measures, the more distant the 3PP on the self-report was from the 1PP on the parent’s report and child self-report means low ability. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted to examine construct validity and then a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used. Criterion validity was examined by calculating Pearson’s correlation coefficients with scores on the Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) and Autism Quotient (AQ). We used intraclass correlation and Cronbach’s alpha to examine the test–retest and internal consistency reliability. Results Based on the results of the EFA and CFA, we adopted one factor structure with five items. The CMS metacognition and CMS self-judgment accuracy showed evidence criterion validity, exhibiting significant correlations with the BCIS self-reflectiveness (r = 0.16) and self-certainty scores (r = 0.17), respectively. Regarding to the AQ, only the CMS metacognition score had significant correlations with the social skills (r = 0.22) and total scale score (r = 0.20). The test–retest reliability showed adequate (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.70–0.81 and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient 0.63–0.59). Adolescents were found to have significantly lower metacognitive ability compared to young adults. Conclusion CMS could be a valid and reliable measure to examine metacognitive abilities for adolescents.
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- Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Center for Advanced School Education and Evidence-based Research (CASEER), Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Language Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan.,Research Center for Language, Brain and Genetics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Information Media Technology, School of Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,UTokyo Institute for Diversity & Adaptation of Human Mind (UTIDAHM), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,The International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,UTokyo Center for Integrative Science of Human Behaviour (CiSHuB), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Evolutionary Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Art and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,UTokyo Institute for Diversity & Adaptation of Human Mind (UTIDAHM), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,The International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,UTokyo Center for Integrative Science of Human Behaviour (CiSHuB), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Lloyd O, Ownsworth T, Fleming J, Jackson M, Zimmer-Gembeck M. Impaired Self-Awareness after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Protective Factor or Liability? J Neurotrauma 2021; 38:616-627. [PMID: 33107366 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2020.7191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI) can experience impaired self-awareness, or difficulty in accurately perceiving their personal abilities. This study aimed to identify the neuro-developmental and socio-environmental factors associated with self-awareness impairment and determine how self-awareness is associated with psychosocial functioning. Parents and their children age 8-16 years with TBI (n = 107, 65.4% male, mean [M] age = 12.66 years, standard deviation [SD] = 2.6 years) were consecutively recruited from an outpatient clinic over a 4-year period. Children completed the Paediatric Awareness Questionnaire (PAQ) to report their functional abilities, and the Beck Youth Inventories to report their self-concept, and anxiety and depression symptoms. Parents completed the PAQ and measures of family functioning, parenting style, and children's emotional and behavioral problems. Self-awareness impairments were defined as more negative parent-child discrepancy scores on the PAQ. Younger age at injury, more severe injury, and more family dysfunction were significantly associated with poorer self-awareness. Poorer self-awareness was associated with worse parent-rated child adaptive functioning and emotional and behavioral problems. However, poorer self-awareness was also significantly associated with more positive self-concept and fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety as rated by children. Overall, impaired self-awareness seems to be both a liability and a benefit depending on the reporter (parent or child) and outcome of interest (adaptive function/behavior or self-concept/mood).
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- Owen Lloyd
- School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, The Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, The Queensland Children's Hospital, Children's Health Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To provide a summary of recent developments in the field of paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). RECENT FINDINGS The epidemiology of paediatric TBI with falling rates of severe TBI, and increasing presentations of apparently minor TBI. There is growing interest in the pathophysiology and outcomes of concussion in children, and detection of 'significant' injury, arising from concern about risks of long-term chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The role of decompressive craniectomy in children is still clarifying. SUMMARY Paediatric TBI remains a major public health issue.
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- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Foster M, Whitehead L, Arabiat D. Development and validation of the needs of children questionnaire: An instrument to measure children's self-reported needs in hospital. J Adv Nurs 2019; 75:2246-2258. [PMID: 31197863 PMCID: PMC6852052 DOI: 10.1111/jan.14099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Aim To develop and psychometrically test the needs of children questionnaire (NCQ), a new instrument to measure school‐aged children's self‐reported psychosocial physical and emotional needs in paediatric wards. Design This is an instrument development study based on recommendations for developing a reliable and valid questionnaire. Method The NCQ was developed over three phases between February 2013–April 2017 and included item generation; content adequacy assessment; questionnaire administration; factor analysis; internal consistency assessment and construct validity. Psychometric properties were assessed after 193 school‐aged children completed the needs of children's questionnaire in four paediatric areas in Australia and New Zealand. Results The development and validation of the NCQ over two countries resulted in a 16‐item, four‐category tool to measure the self‐reported importance and fulfilment of school‐aged children's needs in hospital. Cronbach's alpha for the combined samples was 0.93. Conclusion The NCQ bridges a gap to measure the level of importance and fulfilment of school‐aged children's self‐reported needs in hospital. Future testing and validation is needed in other paediatric areas and countries. Impact The 16‐item NCQ is a valid measure to evaluate if the quality of care delivered and received in hospital is in line with what children self‐report as important and required and to date indicates good usability and utility. Child self‐reports are essential to inform healthcare delivery, policy, research and theory development from a child and family‐centred care lens that honours the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the best interests of the child.
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- Mandie Foster
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan Univeristy, Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan Univeristy, Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,Postgraduate Centre for Nursing Studies, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan Univeristy, Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,The University of Jordan, School of Nursing, Amman, Jordan
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Wales L, Sidebotham P, Hawley C. Self-awareness following a traumatic brain injury in childhood: a developmental perspective. Brain Inj 2019; 33:633-642. [DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2019.1566838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Lorna Wales
- Research team, The Children’s Trust, Tadworth, Surrey, UK
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