Cognitive impairments resulting from acquired brain injuries (ABI) can lead to problems with functioning in daily life. Cognitive tests are useful for diagnosing these cognitive impairments, however, the results on these tests can be difficult to translate to everyday life. Measuring the extent to which patients can use cognitive functions in daily life and compensate for any cognitive impairment can contribute to clinical diagnosis, treatment design, and discharge planning. During this project, we aimed to develop an observation instrument for Cognition in Daily Life scale: the CDL. As part of this project, we validated the scale in a variety of inpatient healthcare settings (hospital, rehabilitation care, and residential care) for people with brain injuries. The data in this dataset originates from this validation study.

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