Abstract
Calvanio R, Williams R, Burke DT, Mello J, Lepak P, Al-Adawi S, Shah MK. Acquired
brain injury, visual attention, and the Useful Field of View Test: a pilot study.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004:85:474–8.
Objective
To compare the findings of the Useful Field of View (UFOV) test with those of conventional
neuropsychologic tests to determine the utility of the UFOV test as a measure of attention
in a population with brain injury.
Design
Cohort study.
Setting
Freestanding rehabilitation hospital.
Participants
Fifteen inpatients with severe brain injury.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main outcome measures
UFOV test, FIM\T instrument, length of stay (LOS), and standard neuropsychologic testing.
Results
The UFOV subtest UF2 correlated strongly with the other 2 subtests, UF1 and UF3. The
UF2 subtest correlated most strongly with paper and pencil tests of visual attention.
The UF2 predicted 52% of the FIM change and 60% of the LOS variance, second only to
admission FIM score, which predicted 75% and 80% of FIM change and LOS variance, respectively.
Conclusions
Among the patients in our study, the UFOV test can be used to determine the visual
divided attention of patients with acquired brain injury. The results also showed
that the UFOV test correlated with LOS and FIM change in patients with acquired brain
injury recovering in a rehabilitation facility. Because the UFOV test is much more
quickly administered and scored than other measures of attention and divided attention,
these results suggest that the UFOV test may provide an easy means to measure a critical
variable in the population with head injury.
Keywords
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☆Supported in part by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Department of Education (grant no. H133A980034-00).
☆No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.
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