@phdthesis{Real2015,
  author    = {Real, Ruben},
  title     = {Living with severe motor impairments - from consciousness to quality of life},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-138562},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The impact of acquired severe motor impairments is pervasive and may lead to a complete loss of communication and voluntary motor control, rendering the patient behaviourally unresponsive. In routine clinical care it may thus be unclear, whether some of these patients are even conscious. Given that finding a cure is unlikely, care focuses on providing the best possible quality of life (QoL), and knowing its predictors might contribute to that aim. Patients who still can communicate often report a high QoL, and several predictors have been identified. However, many instruments used to assess QoL require at least residual verbal and motor abilities. Thus, a method to assess QoL independent of these requirements is desirable. In addition, many instruments assume QoL to be temporarily stable, and little information is available on predictors of instantaneous QoL, i.e. QoL as it fluctuates from moment to moment throughout the day.},
  subject      = {Myatrophische Lateralsklerose},
  language  = {en}
}