Validating the MATADOC Against Best Practice Standard External Reference Standard

Validating the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) Against the Best Practice External Reference Standard

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02959736

Acronym

MATADOC

Enrollment

Registered

2016-11-09

Start date

2016-12-31

Completion date

2020-12-31

Last updated

2019-09-10

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Conditions

Brain Injuries

Keywords

Vegetative State (VS), Minimally Conscious State (MCS), Brain Injuries

Brief summary

The purpose of this project is to further develop a standardized music-based measure used in music therapy with adults who have emerged from coma following profound brain injury, but are not able to demonstrate responsiveness to their environment due to complex clinical needs. Building on previous work, the project aims to strengthen the psychometric properties (e.g. concurrent validity, responsiveness) of the measure for its use with adults with profound brain damage.

Detailed description

Adult patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC), but who have not been diagnosed as Minimally Conscious or Vegetative State, will be recruited. All participants will be assessed using the Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) standardized protocol. Assessment intervention will take place in four individual clinical contacts, over a 16 day period. Data will be collected using the MATADOC rating form and scored according to the MATADOC manual. Participants will concurrently be assessed with Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R). The MATADOC is implemented by Music Therapists who have been trained in its use and who are experienced in working with adults with PDOC. CRS-R data will be collected by members of the treatment team who are experienced or trained in its use. MATADOC and CRS-R assessors will remain blinded to the data collected. Analysis will compare diagnostic outcomes of the two measures as well as explore the function of comparable items of each measure across similar domains (e.g. auditory, visual).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMATADOC and CRS-R

Behavioural assessments for Disorders of Consciousness

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Medically stable patients (i.e. not currently suspected of or under investigation for infection)who have a prolonged disorder of consciousness i.e. has persisted for longer than 4 weeks * Between the ages of 18 and 70 years of age * A diagnosis of awareness (i.e., VS, MCS or emergent) is not confirmed or is under investigation * Fluent in English language comprehension as reported by the family

Exclusion criteria

* Known pre-morbid hearing impairments * The patient has a previous diagnosis of musicogenic epilepsy * The patient had previously refused music therapy intervention * Patients with a suspected diagnosis of locked-in syndrome * Non-fluent in English comprehension as reported by family.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC)	16 days	Music based protocol

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Coma Recovery Scale - Revised (CRS-R)	16 days	Behavioural rating scale

Countries

United States

Contacts

Primary ContactWendy Magee, PhD

wmagee@temple.edu2152048314

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026