@article{ref1,
title="Development of a generic version of the multiple errands test for severe acquired brain injuries",
journal="Applied neuropsychology. Adult",
year="2021",
author="Basagni, Benedetta and Bosetti, Sara and Cantelli, Sabrina and Ermon, Silvia and Rovere, Federica and Navarrete, Eduardo and De Tanti, Antonio and Saviola, Donatella",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Impairment of executive functions is a frequent and disabling consequence of brain injury. In 1991, Shallice and Burgess elaborated the Multiple Errand Test (MET) to assess everyday troubles associated with this impairment. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: Our first aim was to create a generic version of MET (MET-G) readily adaptable to different settings and for retesting. The second aim was to validate the revised version to detect executive impairment in individuals with severe ABI. <br><br>METHODS: An inter-professional team of experts in neurorehabilitation created a revised version of MET. Twenty-one patients with sABI (severe Acquired Brain Injury) and a control group of 20 neurologically healthy subjects, took part in the testing of MET-G. <br><br>RESULTS: MET-G clearly distinguished people with sABI from healthy controls based on Total error score, task completion, and rule breaking. The test showed good inter-rater reliability and internal consistency. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The new, generic version of MET was able to differentiate adults with sABI from controls and proved to be a good tool for evaluating executive functions in these patients in daily-life contexts. Indications on how to adapt the test to different contexts and different scoring modalities are provided.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2327-9095",
doi="10.1080/23279095.2021.1990928",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2021.1990928"
}