Catalog of Assessment Tools
Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC)
Catalog of Assessment Tools
Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC)
| Title (Acronym) | Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC) |
| Author(s) | Magee, W.L., Lenton-Smith, G., & Daveson, B. (Original version) |
| Publication date | 2012 (1st edition); 2014 (Spanish edition) 2016 (2nd edition) |
| Publisher info | 1st edition: Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. 2nd edition and Spanish edition: W.L.Magee |
| Purpose |
To assess awareness with adults with disorders of consciousness (DOC) stemming from acquired brain injury To assess and measure responsiveness to music therapy in minimally responsive populations |
| Assessment category |
Assessment tool with diagnostic utility; Intervention planning tool |
| Population |
Validated for use with adults of working age with DOC Believed to have clinical utility (but not yet validated) for other populations who are minimally responsive (end-stage dementia; end-stage terminal illness; paediatric DOC). Currently being validated for paediatric DOC and end-stage dementia |
| Scores | Three subscales yield two scores and one list of levels of functioning. The principal subscale produces a score that is diagnostic (Vegetative State; Minimally Conscious State; Emergent from MCS). Subscale 2 produces a raw score of musical responsiveness. Subscale 3 produces information regarding functioning to guide clinical goal setting and intervention. |
| Administration | Individual |
| Time | Administered over four clinical contacts of 15 – 30 minutes duration each. Total administration time is 60 – 120 minutes. |
| Comments |
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| CROSS REFERENCES |
Magee, W.L., Siegert, R.J., Taylor, S.M., Daveson, B.A., & Lenton-Smith, G. (2016). Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC): Reliability and validity of a measure to assess awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness. Journal of Music Therapy, 53(1), 1-26. doi: 10.1093/jmt/trv017 Magee, W.L., Ghetti, C. & Moyer, A. (2015). Feasibility of the music therapy assessment tool for awareness in disorders of consciousness (MATADOC) for use with pediatric populations. Frontiers of Psychology, 6, 698. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00698 Text avail at: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00698/full Magee, W.L., Siegert, R.J., Lenton-Smith, G; Daveson, B.A., & Taylor, S.M. (2014). Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC): Standardisation of the principal subscale to assess awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 24 (1), 101-124. O’Kelly, J. & Magee, W.L. (2013). The complementary role of music therapy in the detection of awareness in disorders of consciousness: an audit of concurrent SMART and MATADOC assessments. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, (23) 2, 287-298. |
| Reference |
Magee, W.L., Lenton-Smith, G., & Daveson, B. (2015). Music Therapy Assessment For Awareness In Disorders Of Consciousness (MATADOC): Assessment Manual and Instructions For Use (2nd edition). Philadelphia, PA: W.L. Magee. Magee, W.L., Lenton-Smith, G., & Daveson, B. (2014). Herramienta de Musicoterapia para la Evaluación de la Conciencia en Trastornos de la Conciencia. [Music Therapy Assessment Tool For Awareness In Disorders Of Consciousness (MATADOC): Assessment Manual and Instructions For Use. London: Royal Hospital For Neuro-Disability]. Philadelphia, PA: W.L. Magee. (Original English work published 2012). Magee, W.L., Lenton-Smith, G., & Daveson, B. (2012). Music Therapy Assessment For Awareness In Disorders Of Consciousness (MATADOC): Assessment Manual and Instructions For Use. London: Royal Hospital For Neuro-Disability. |
| REVIEW | None. |
| Description | The protocol involves the presentation of live music, musical sounds, visual stimuli and verbal commands to assess responsiveness across the auditory, visual, motor, arousal and communication domains. A pre- and post-observation period enables collection of baseline (at-rest) data. The assessor completes a fourteen-item assessment form, converting the principal subscale ratings to a score that enables diagnosis over repeated measures from four clinical contacts. |