PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 152-161 , February 2009

Predictive Value of the Disorders of Consciousness Scale (DOCS)

  • Theresa Louise-Bender Pape, Dr.PH, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Research Service and the Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care Center of Excellence, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Research Service (151H), PO Box 5000, Hines, IL 60141; Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, IL; and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Office of Medical Education (1574), Chicago, IL.⁎
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: T.L.-B.P.
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  • Charlene Tang, PhD, MPH, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), The Cooperative Studies Program, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL⁎
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  • Ann Guernon, MS

      Affiliations

    • Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheaton, IL⁎
    • ,
  • Sandra Lundgren, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Psychology Service, Minneapolis, MN⁎
    • ,
  • Melanie Blahnik, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Polytrauma Rehabilitation Program, Minneapolis, MN⁎
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  • Yongliang Wei, MS

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), The Cooperative Studies Program, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL⁎
    • ,
  • Melanie Querubin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Hines, IL⁎
    • ,
  • Felise Zollman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL⁎
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  • Ileana Soneru, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Hines, IL⁎

Received 19 August 2008 ,Accepted 5 November 2008.

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 Disclosure Key can be found on the Table of Contents and at www.pmrjournal.org

 This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development Rehabilitation Research and Development Service and Health Services Research and Development Service through a HSR&D merit grant (Grant No. CCN-07-133); a RR&D advanced research career development award (Grant No. B4951-R); and a RR&D career development transition award (Grant No. B4949N). Funding also was provided by the Nick Kot Charity, nfp. In kind-contributions from Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, the Hines VA Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago also support the work described in this article. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2008.11.002

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