PSYC33H3 Lecture 7: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Program Evaluation
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Understand current status of the effectiveness of interventions for cognitive impairments. To be able to evaluate studies of cognitive rehab. Be able to design a treatment plan and/or study to evaluate a cognitive intervention. To be able to evaluate effectiveness of cognitive intervention. Effectiveness of current interventions (cid:862)evide(cid:374)ce-based medicine (practice) requires the integration of the best research evidence with our clinical expertise a(cid:374)d ou(cid:396) patie(cid:374)t"s u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue values a(cid:374)d ci(cid:396)cu(cid:373)sta(cid:374)ces. (cid:863) Systematic review examples: cicerone, k. et al. (2000). Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 81, 1596 - 1615: cicerone, k. et al. (2005). Updated review of the literature from 1998 through 2002. Physical medicine and rehabilitation, 86, 1681-1692: cicerone, k. et al. (2011). Updated review of the literature from 2003 through 2008. 6 cognitive domains of intervention: attention, visuospatial/ praxis deficits, language & communication, memory, problem solving, executive functioning & awareness, comprehensive-holistic neuropsychological rehab. 2011 review: 112 articles, classification results.
