The decision-making task: Development and evaluation in a paediatric traumatic brain injury population

Nikita Tuli Sood; Celia Godfrey; Sarah Youn; Clara Chavez Arana; Vicki Anderson; Jonathan M. Payne; Cathy Catroppa

doi:10.1080/09602011.2023.2242618

The decision-making task: Development and evaluation in a paediatric traumatic brain injury population

Nikita Tuli Sood^*, Celia Godfrey, Sarah Youn, Clara Chavez Arana, Vicki Anderson, Jonathan M. Payne, Cathy Catroppa

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Assessment measures that quantify decision-making abilities in children and adolescents are limited. In the current study, a novel computerized Decision-Making Task (DMT), which identifies the process that is involved in decision-making, was developed based on an existing information-boards paradigm. The overall aim was to validate the DMT in a paediatric TBI population. This prospective study investigated the performance on the DMT for children post-TBI (n = 49; 7–15 years) compared to typically developing controls (n = 22; 7–15 years), and investigated the psychometric properties of the DMT by examining internal consistency-related reliability, convergent validity (measures of decision-making, working memory, functional outcomes, and behaviour), and divergent validity (vocabulary). Significant differences were detected for performance on the DMT between children post-TBI and the control group. Psychometric properties of the DMT were acceptable, with variable findings for convergent validity (working memory, functional outcomes, and behaviour). This is the first study to develop and investigate a novel computerised task to assess decision-making skills in a paediatric TBI population. Results cautiously suggest that the DMT is a valid and a reliable measure of decision-making in our clinical sample.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	919-937
Number of pages	19
Journal	Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Volume	34
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2023.2242618
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 5 Aug 2023

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The first author was supported by the PhD scholarships provided by the University of
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