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Nikita Tuli Sood1,2,3, Celia Godfrey1,2,3, Sarah Youn4,5
1Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
|August 5, 2023
Summary
A new computerized Decision-Making Task (DMT) was developed and validated in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The DMT shows promise as a reliable tool for assessing decision-making skills in pediatric TBI patients.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
Background:
- Limited assessment tools exist for decision-making in pediatric populations.
- Decision-making deficits are common following pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a novel computerized Decision-Making Task (DMT) for children.
- To assess the psychometric properties of the DMT in a pediatric TBI sample.
Main Methods:
- A prospective study compared children with TBI (n=49) and typically developing controls (n=22) aged 7-15 years on the DMT.
- Psychometric properties including reliability and validity (convergent and divergent) were examined.
Main Results:
- Significant performance differences were found between the pediatric TBI group and controls on the DMT.
- The DMT demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties, with variable convergent validity findings.
Conclusions:
- The novel computerized DMT is a potentially valid and reliable measure for assessing decision-making in pediatric TBI.
- Further research is needed to fully establish convergent validity with specific functional outcomes.
