Preliminary evaluation of a measure for reliable assessment of need for constant visual observation in adults with traumatic brain injury

An exploration of the roles and perspectives of direct-care neurorehabilitation nurses on the process and actions of visual observation and safety monitoring for high risk brain injury patients

“…The Constant Visual Observation Needs Assessment Scale (Levels of Risk and Supervision Rating Scale) was developed to assess the need for constant visual observations (Moessner et al, 2016). Despite the satisfactory internal consistency (Pearson's r=0.85-0.88) of the two subscales, they showed low false negative rates associated with moderate-to high false positive rates (Moessner et al, 2016). Further research would be required to assess its value in downgrading visual observations.…”