Computer-Assisted Measurement of Wound Size Associated with Self-Injurious Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, David M.; Iwata, Brian A.; Bloom, Sarah E.
Titel	Computer-Assisted Measurement of Wound Size Associated with Self-Injurious Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45 (2012) 4, S.797-808 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Self Destructive Behavior; Observation; Scientific Concepts; Computer Assisted Testing; Reinforcement; Injuries; Measurement Objectives; Measurement Techniques; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Research; Medical Evaluation; Behavior Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Beobachtung; Positive Verstärkung; Messtechnik; Evaluationsforschung
Abstract	We evaluated an inexpensive, efficient, and noninvasive technique for measuring tissue damage produced by self-injurious behavior (SIB). The technique involved computerized measurement of wound surface area (WSA) based on digital photographs. In Study 1, we compared photographic measurement to a more commonly used procedure, transparency measurement, in estimating WSA of 20 wound models. Results showed that both methods were reliable and that there was a high degree of correspondence between the 2 sets of measures. In Study 2, we compared photographic WSA measures to direct-observation measures in documenting changes over time in the SIB exhibited by a woman with Prader-Willi syndrome. Results showed that increases and decreases in observed SIB during baseline and treatment conditions corresponded with changes in WSA measures, indicating that the computer-assisted photographic technique may be useful as a corroborative measure or as a primary measure when direct observation of SIB is not feasible. (Contains 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10