Development of a standardised assessment tool (Systematic Assessment for Brain Injury Rehabilitation) for patients after a traumatic brain injury of and its correlation with functional outcome measures

Baseline brief cognitive assessments with Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-III, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Reliable Digit Span, oral Trail Making Test-B were undertaken by MD Project Medical students on participants who were inpatients in Brain Injury Service or were referred for follow up in Brain Injury Outpatient Clinic. The baseline cognitive assessments were undertaken in a single session either in the outpatient department or in hospital. The baseline assessments are estimated to take 45 minutes in duration and are all undertaken on the same day. All participants were invited to undergo a formal neuropsychological test battery, estimated to take 60 minutes, were administered as close to the baseline cognitive screen as possible. The neuropsychological assessment was undertaken in a single session as close to the timing of the baseline cognitive assessment as possible in the hospital or outpatient setting. A trained neurospychologist attached to Brain Injury Unit or University of New South Wales were the designated neurospychologists.