Assessing Awareness of Disability (AoD) in neurological patients with neglect

Introduction: Patients with spatial neglect often show deficient Awareness of Disability (AoD) for their stroke-induced impairments. Since awareness deficits have been shown to complicate the rehabilitation process, the present study aimed at investigating AoD in patients with and without neglect using a newly developed test battery. Methods: 70 patients with right-hemispheric stroke (n=22 patients with neglect; n=48 patients without neglect) were assessed using neuropsychological neglect tests (like e.g. cancellation tasks, line bisection, figure copying) as well as tests based upon standardized activities of d…