Content Validity and Inter-rater Reliability of the Music Interventions in Pediatric DoC Behavior Observation Record

Abstract

Aligned with best practice guidelines for patients presenting with a disorder of consciousness (DoC), music therapy interventions with this population aim to increase arousal and awareness to support emergence to consciousness. There is a significant evidence base supporting music therapy for adults with a DoC; however, there are currently no published tools that systematically capture behavioral responses of this population during rehabilitative music therapy interventions. Further, the developmentally specific response to severe brain injury in the pediatric population means pediatric-specific research is required. The Music Interventions in Pediatric DoC Behavior Observation Record (Music..