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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the three study populations

From: Intensive neurorehabilitation for patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness: protocol of a mixed-methods study focusing on outcomes, ethics and impact

 

Population A

Population B

Population C b

Participants

Patients with PDOC admitted to the EIN program

Family members of population A

• Treating physicians

• Nurses

• Multidisciplinary teamc

Inclusion criteria

• Age > 16 years

• Diagnosis of PDOC based on CRS-Ra assessment by experienced researcher

• Medically stable, as judged by treating physician

• Age > 16 years

• Primary legal representative of patients included in population A

Currently working or was working until a maximum of 12 months ago, with PDOC patients within the Dutch chain of PDOC care

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of progressive brain injury including neurodegenerative disorders

• Uncontrollable epilepsy

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  1. aCRS-R Coma recovery scale revised: Standardized assessment tool for differentiating levels of consciousness by observation of pa tients’ response to different stimuli [52]
  2. bPopulation C involves different participants per study theme- (see details in study methodology)
  3. cMultidisciplinary team includes besides physician and nurses other disciplines actively involved in PDOC rehabilitation like physiotherapist, speech therapist, occupational therapist, social worker and psychologist