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COMPUTER‐ASSISTED MEASUREMENT OF WOUND SIZE ASSOCIATED WITH SELF‐INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR
2012 · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; v. 45; n. 4; p. 797-808; Fonte: Wiley
Dados principais
- Ano de publicação
- 2012
- Dados editoriais
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis; v. 45; n. 4; p. 797-808; Fonte: Wiley
- Palavras-chave
- JABA; análise do comportamento
Autores
- David M. Wilson
- Brian A. Iwata
- Sarah E. Bloom
Resumo
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.