Longti Li, Rong Zhang, Na Wang, Xin Chen, Huiqin Zhong, Boxiong Gong, Jie Luo
{"title":"Development and psychometric validation of the hospital discharge readiness scale for post-operative brain tumour patients in Chinese adults.","authors":"Longti Li, Rong Zhang, Na Wang, Xin Chen, Huiqin Zhong, Boxiong Gong, Jie Luo","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2025.2523915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2025.2523915","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to develop a specific instrument to assess the discharge readiness among Chinese adults following brain tumour surgery and evaluate its psychometric properties. The construction of this measurement tool from March 2022 to April 2024 comprised two stages: the development of the scale (Stage I) and a cross-sectional survey involving 413 post-operative brain tumour patients to test its psychometric properties (Stage II). The final scale had 24 items with 4 domains. The item-level content validity index ranged from 0.850 to 1.000, and the scale-level content validity index was 0.926. Exploratory factor analysis showed a four-factor structure of the 24-item scale, accounting for 63.319% of the variance. The structures of confirmatory factor analysis formed validated acceptable fit indices after modification, which further confirmed the fit of the scale to the model. The scale showed an acceptable concurrent validity when compared with the RHDS (<i>r</i> = 0.456-0.875, <i>p</i> < 0.001). The Cronbach's <i>α</i> and split-half reliability of the total scale was 0.894 and 0.813, respectively. The scale has good reliability and validity and can be used to assess the discharge readiness of Chinese adults following brain tumour surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personal growth in caregivers of persons with brain injury or multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Sonya Kim, Frederick W Foley, Vance Zemon","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2393465","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2393465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An existing scale of personal growth in caregivers of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) was expanded for use with an acquired brain injury (ABI) population, and was modified following additional psychometric analyses. A cross-sectional online survey was administered to 315 caregiving partners of persons with MS and 310 family caregivers of persons with ABI. Principal component analysis (PCA) performed on the original 32-item instrument yielded a 4-component, 17-item solution with correlated subscales with solid psychometric properties. Subscales were labelled <i>Appreciation, Positivity, Adjustment, and Spirituality</i>. Secondary PCA conducted revealed three subscales (five items each) correlated moderately while the fourth, <i>Spirituality,</i> remained distinct. The sum of the three five-item subscales may serve as a total score. Reliability analysis yielded acceptable-to-high internal consistency. Comparisons of the PGS with existing instruments demonstrated its discriminant/convergent validity. Two kinds of latent class analyses were conducted on the 15-item PGS to identify three latent classes that spanned the neurologic groups, revealing that measurement invariance was held for the instrument in this sample. An instrument with sound psychometric properties was established, designed to assess personal growth in caregivers of individuals with ABI or MS. Future work should explore its value in other populations and as a metric of changes over time.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1185-1209"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142074601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological assessment of unilateral spatial neglect in immersive virtual reality: A multiple-case study to assess the feasibility and relevance of a Baking Tray Task.","authors":"Marine Gaffard, Clémence Bourlon, Tristan-Gael Bara, Tifanie Bouchara, Florence Colle, Silvia Silvestri, Perrine Quentin, Alma Guilbert","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2394527","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2394527","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The assessment of unilateral spatial neglect (USN) primarily relies on paper-and-pencil tests, which do not fully represent daily life difficulties. To address this limitation, ecological tests, like the Baking Tray Test (BTT), have been developed. However, the original BTT identifies the presence of USN without providing information on its severity. In this aim, a new severity measure, the Centre of Mass (CoM), has been proposed, but its calculation in real environments poses challenges. Immersive virtual reality (VR) offers a promising solution for implementing a BTT in which measures are automatically calculated. This study aimed to assess the feasibility and relevance of an immersive VR BTT. Nineteen right brain-damaged patients with and without USN and 25 healthy participants were included. Group analyses showed an equivalence between the two BTT versions. Individual analyses revealed that all USN patients, except one, had pathological results in both versions. They also underlined pathological scores in patients without USN signs on paper-and-pencil tests. Finally, the CoM strongly correlated with paper-and-pencil tests and appeared to be a good indicator of USN severity. These findings support the relevance of implementing the BTT in an immersive VR version, suggesting its potential to enhance USN assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1210-1228"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142301211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the role of illness perceptions in the relationship between cognitive and emotional difficulties after stroke.","authors":"Rebecca Roberts, Reena Vohora, Nele Demeyere","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2387376","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2387376","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b>Emotional difficulties are common after stroke and up to one third of stroke-survivors develop post-stroke depression. Psychological distress in this population remains poorly understood, despite high prevalence and secondary implications. One established predictor of depressive symptoms after stroke is cognitive impairment, however, the mechanism underlying this relationship is unclear. This research investigated the potential role of stroke-related illness appraisals as a mediating factor to this known association. Seventy-seven participants, aged 45-94, were consecutively recruited from inpatient stroke units in Oxfordshire over 15-months and completed assessments of mood, cognition and illness appraisals, which were analyzed cross-sectionally. As expected, cognitive impairment significantly predicted depressive symptoms. Importantly, this relationship was shown to be mediated by perceptions of threat and control. Higher levels of cognitive impairment were significantly associated with lower perceived control and higher perceived threat, which partially explained the relationship between cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms. Perceptions of illness coherence were predictive of depressive symptoms but not associated with degree of cognitive impairment. This research has implications for the management of cognitive impairment in the early stages after stroke and suggests that illness appraisals may be an important intervention target for reducing depressive symptoms in patients with post-stroke cognitive impairments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1117-1135"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fatigue and depression at 8 weeks and 1 year after bacterial brain abscess and their relationship with cognitive status.","authors":"Ane Gretesdatter Rogne, Solrun Sigurdardottir, Rune Raudeberg, Bjørnar Hassel, Daniel Dahlberg","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2393361","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2393361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A bacterial brain abscess (BA) is a focal brain infection with largely unknown long-term implications. This prospective study assessed the frequency of fatigue and symptoms of depression at 8 weeks and 1 year after BA and examined the relationship between fatigue, depressive symptoms, and cognitive status. Twenty BA-patients (age 17-73; 45% female) were assessed for fatigue, depression, memory, and executive functions. Fatigue rates were 40-65% at 8 weeks and 25-33% at 1 year on various fatigue questionnaires. Patient Health Questionnaire indicated symptoms of depression in 10% at the 8-week follow-up only. Relevant comorbidities and vocational outcomes were not associated with fatigue or symptoms of depression. Mean fatigue scores improved significantly between the two-time points. Greater fatigue was related to subjective problems with working memory, inhibition, self-monitoring, and emotional control and worse objective verbal memory performance. Symptoms of depression were associated with one out of two fatigue measures. We conclude that fatigue is common in the first year after BA, and higher levels of fatigue are related to more cognitive problems. Symptoms of clinical depression were rare. These findings underscore fatigue as an important consequence of BA and emphasize the necessity for targeted rehabilitation interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1136-1159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna Volkmer, Alessa Hausmann, Avanthi Paplikar, Petronilla Battista, Regina Jokel
{"title":"Group interventions for people with primary progressive aphasia and their care partners: Considerations for clinical practice.","authors":"Anna Volkmer, Alessa Hausmann, Avanthi Paplikar, Petronilla Battista, Regina Jokel","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2391338","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2391338","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a group of language-led dementias. Speech and language therapy is the main available intervention for people with PPA. Despite best practice recommendations for speech and language therapy to include access to group therapies (Volkmer et al, 2023a), research evidence to date has predominantly focused on delivery in individual sessions. The aim of this study was to gather the collective intelligence of expert speech and language therapists/pathologists delivering group therapy for people with PPA to synthesize guidance for clinicians. This paper describes a qualitative study using narrative synthesis methods. Data were collected using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication - TIDiER. Eight respondents described a total of 17 different groups. Respondents worked across healthcare, research clinics and third sector organizations in Australia, Canada, Spain, the USA and the UK. For the purposes of analysis, groups were divided into two main types: (1) groups delivering specific therapy interventions; and (2) groups providing broader opportunities for conversational practice and support. This initial synthesis of the current state of the art in PPA therapy groups highlights several important considerations around candidacy, content and ecological validity of delivering group intervention for people with PPA.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1254-1282"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142114868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Natalie Pepping, Michael Weinborn, Carmela F Pestell, David A Preece, Maya Malkani, Sammy Moore, James J Gross, Rodrigo Becerra
{"title":"Improving emotion regulation ability after brain injury: A systematic review of targeted interventions.","authors":"Natalie Pepping, Michael Weinborn, Carmela F Pestell, David A Preece, Maya Malkani, Sammy Moore, James J Gross, Rodrigo Becerra","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2398029","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2398029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotion dysregulation is a common sequela after a brain injury, and it can have serious negative consequences for individuals, families, and the community. A systematic review of the literature was conducted to identify and evaluate interventions designed to improve emotion regulation ability in adults with acquired brain injury. Studies were identified on ProQuest, PsycInfo, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science; last searched on 3 August 2023. A review protocol was prospectively registered on PROSPERO (CRD42020218175). Risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane Risk-of-Bias tool (version 2). Sixteen studies were included in the review comprising one case series, five pilot studies, four pre-post studies, and six RCTs. There was a total of 652 participants across studies. Fourteen of the sixteen studies reported statistically significant improvements in at least one emotional functioning variable. Ten studies reported medium-large effect sizes. Limitations included inconsistency in the measurement, reporting of intervention outcomes and processes. Future directions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1283-1323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142127371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza, Swathi Kiran
{"title":"Measurement of cross-language and cross-domain generalization following semantic feature-based anomia treatment in bilingual aphasia.","authors":"Marissa Russell-Meill, Erin Carpenter, Manuel J Marte, Michael Scimeca, Claudia Peñaloza, Swathi Kiran","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2025.2522196","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2025.2522196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Semantic feature-based treatment (SFT), which engages the semantic network by repeatedly targeting retrieval of conceptual features to improve lexical-semantic access, has shown promise for facilitating generalization in aphasia rehabilitation. However, its capacity to drive broad improvement across cognitive-linguistic domains in bilinguals with aphasia (BWA) remains unclear. This study examined generalization effects (i.e., direct transfer, near transfer, and far transfer) following SFT in 48 Spanish-English BWA who took part in a randomized controlled trial. Participants received 40 h of SFT targeting word retrieval, with generalization assessed across three domains: naming of untrained items (direct transfer), semantic processing (near transfer), as well as global language ability and nonverbal abstract reasoning (far transfer). Results showed (i) robust improvements for trained and untrained naming targets, demonstrating direct transfer, (ii) near transfer effects for select semantic processing tasks, and (iii) far transfer limited to overall language function, with no gains in domain-general cognition. Notably, treatment benefits extended across languages, demonstrating cross-language generalization to multiple domains of language processing. Findings highlight SFT's capacity to drive comprehensive language recovery in BWA, revealing broad generalization effects across languages and linguistic domains. Such effects underscore the importance of systematically examining generalization patterns to optimize rehabilitation outcomes.<b>Trial registration:</b> ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02916524.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-27"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144509483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychological aspects of caregiving after stroke: A systematic scoping review and thematic synthesis of theories.","authors":"Bethany Harcourt, Richard J Brown, Audrey Bowen","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2025.2469652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2025.2469652","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Informal caregiving comprises a core part of stroke survivors' rehabilitation. It can encompass positive elements, yet adopting and sustaining this role can affect carers' physical and mental health. Understanding carers' experiences is important for clinical psychologists, to highlight potential roles in supporting unmet needs. Theories of stroke informal carers' experiences exist, yet no previous attempt has been made to identify, organise and describe them, and synthesize key themes. This PRISMA-ScR guided scoping review aimed to identify theories and generate new knowledge of the experience and psychological impact of caregiving. Six databases were systematically searched, identifying relevant theoretical and empirical papers. Seventeen papers, presenting 13 distinct theories, were included and theories thematically synthesized. Two overarching themes were developed - \"Systemic and Cultural factors\" and \"A staged process\" - containing three main themes - \"Adjustment to aspects of post-stroke life\", \"Emotional and psychological aspects of caregiving\", \"Carer Needs\" - and four subthemes constituting relevant stroke pathway stages. Substantial theoretical knowledge exists that was useful in generating key themes of experiences and psychological impact of caregiving across the stroke pathway, to guide clinical practice and future research. Findings indicate that changes to carers' self-identity as they adjust to the role are not sufficiently captured by existing theories.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-33"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144499385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-reported reading difficulties and rehabilitation goals in individuals with homonymous visual field defects.","authors":"Sarah Tol, Gera A de Haan, Joost Heutink","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2025.2516563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2025.2516563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Homonymous Visual Field Defects (HVFDs) often cause reading difficulties. Self-reported reading difficulties and reading intervention goals remain however understudied. This study explores the prevalence of self-reported reading difficulties in 24 individuals with HVFDs, compared to their pre-HVFD experiences and to 160 matched controls. A comparison between left- and right-sided HVFDs is also included. Additionally, we examined which reading skills and reading objects individuals with HVFDs wished to improve. Using the novel Hemianopia Reading Questionnaire, we found that individuals with HVFDs reported poorer reading efficacy, poorer reading skills and poorer reading of different objects compared to pre-HVFD levels and control participants. However, love for and the importance of reading appear unaffected by the HVFD. Reading speed and orientation were the most affected skills after HVFD. Individuals with right-HVFDs reported lower reading speed compared to individuals with left-HVFDs. Reading books was the most desired goal for improvement, yet reading books was also the most abandoned object after HVFD. Overall, the current study indicates the importance of reading in individuals with HVFD and highlights that self-reported reading difficulties occur in a broad range of difficulties related to efficacy, skills and reading objects and should be incorporated in future effect measures of HVFD-intervention studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}