Chinese Validation of the Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders（SECONDs）

Chinese Validation of the Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders（SECONDs）

The aim of this study was to translate the SECONDs from French into Chinese and assess the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the SECONDs .

To promote accurate assessments of DoC patients and the development of clinical research on DoC in China, we here propose and validate a version of the SECONDs translated into Mandarin Chinese. Hence, this study aims to assess the concurrent validity (compared with the CRS-R which has already been translated and validated in Mandarin), intra-rater reliability, and inter-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the SECONDs

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute (longer than 14 days, less than 28 days) or prolonged DoC (following severe acquired brain injury, longer than 28 days);
• Age: 18-85 years old;
• No history of other neurological or psychiatric deficits;
• Ability to speak Chinese fluently;
• Medical stability (e.g., absence of mechanical ventilation, sedation, infection)

Exclusion Criteria:

• None