The social and family evaluation (SAFE) scale for caregivers of individuals with disorders of consciousness: preliminary results.
Francesca Giulia MagnaniMartina CacciatoreF BarbadoroC IppolitiDavide SattinAlfonso MagliacanoF DraghiA De NiscoBahia HakikiF CecchiM SpinolaAnna EstraneoMatilde LeonardiPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2024)
Overall, these preliminary data are promising for the adoption of the SAFE to collect the opinions of the caregivers about the level of consciousness of patients with DoC, especially in those settings where it would be otherwise difficult to monitor the patients, such as long-term care structures and at home, as a tool for telemedicine allowing the monitoring of patients in remote settings.