Catalog of Assessment Tools
Music-Based Assessment for Cognitive Functions for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ECMUS)
Catalog of Assessment Tools
Music-Based Assessment for Cognitive Functions for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ECMUS)
| Title (Acronym) | Music-Based Assessment for Cognitive Functions for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ECMUS). Original Language Spanish: Evaluación Musical de las Funciones Cognitivas para Adultos con Lesión Cerebral Adquirida (ECMUS) |
| Author(s) | Pfeiffer, C.F., Goyheneix, M., Sabe, L. & Russo, M.J (original version) |
| Publication date | 2015; 2021 |
| Publisher info | Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain; Journal of Music Therapy |
| Purpose | To assess cognitive functions (different types of attention; memory, executive functions) and mood of (Spanish-speaking) adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). To contribute to interdisciplinary assessment and treatment of adults with (ABI). To guide music therapy treatment. |
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Assessment tool |
| Population | Validated for Spanish speaking adults (Argentina) diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and stroke. |
| Scores |
The assessment tool is composed of four subscales; each one produces a raw score. Subscale 1 for “Attention”; Subscale 2 “Memory”, Subscale 3 “Executive Functions”, Subscale 4 “Mood”. An overall score adding all four subscales is calculated. |
| Administration | Individual |
| Time | Administration in 1-2 clinical contacts. An average of 50 minutes for total administration is calculated. Designed to be used as baseline and follow-up assessment. |
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| CROSS REFERENCES |
Diaz Abrahan V.M., Shifres, F. & Justel, N.R. (2020) Music improvisation modulates emotional memory. Psychology of Music 48(4), 465-479. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735618810793 MacDonald, S. (2017). Introducing the model of cognitive-communication com- petence: A model to guide evidence-based communication interventions after brain injury. Brain Injury, 31(13–14), 1760–1780. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2017.1379613 Magee, W. L., Clark, I., Tamplin, J., & Bradt, J. (2017). Music interventions for acquired brain injury. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1(1), 1–115. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006787.pub3 Soto, D. (2009). Interplay between music, emotion and cognitive function in health and disease. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2(6), 549–551. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.2.6.9656 |
| Reference |
Pfeiffer, C., & Sabe, L. (2015). Music therapy and cognitive rehabilitation: Screening of music cognition in adult patients with right hemisphere stroke. Psychomusicology, 25(4), 392–403. Pfeiffer, C.F., Hanser, S., Russo, M.J., Goyheneix, M., Oliva, M., Codding, P. & Allegri, R. (2021) Music Based Assessment for Cognitive Functions for Spanish-Speaking Adults with Acquired Brain Injury (ECMUS): A Pilot-Validation Study, Journal of Music Therapy, 58(4), 408-436. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/thab011 |
| REVIEW | None. |
| Description | The ECMUS – Assessment tool (Spanish version only) has been developed for adults with acquired brain injury. It is composed by a set of live and pre-recorded musical tasks, including singing preferred song, improvising and imitating music, comparing, identifying, and tracking changes in sound and melodies. The musical tasks are organized in four subscales (Attention; Memory, Executive Functioning and Mood) to assess the clients` cognitive responses in music. Each subscale yields a score, and an overall score is calculated. The ECMUS assessment tool includes a user manual, visual material and audio files. |