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Professor Shoumitro (Shoumi) Deb

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 4161s.deb CV

 
 
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Location

 

Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Limbu:2021:10.3390/ijerph182010674,
author = {Limbu, B and Unwin, G and Deb, SS},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph182010674},
journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
pages = {1--33},
title = {Comprehensive assessment of triggers for behaviours of concern scale (CATS): initial development},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010674},
volume = {18},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Challenging behaviour displayed by people with intellectual disabilities (ID) can be difficult to manage if caregivers do not understand the reasons for the behaviour. Identifying the contextual variables/triggers for the behaviour is likely to help undertake a functional analysis leading to a person-centred positive behaviour support plan. Currently, a limited number of checklists are available for trigger assessment and none were developed using an interview with the family caregivers. This article describes the development and contents of the comprehensive assessment of triggers for behaviours of concern scale (CATS). CATS was developed in two stages. Stage 1 used a ‘bottom-up’ approach, in which caregivers of adults with ID who show aggressive behaviour were interviewed to identify the triggers for aggression. In stage two, using a ‘top-down’ approach, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to gather items from existing trigger checklists. Trigger items from both stages were combined and the duplicates were removed. The final list in CATS consists of 333 contextual triggers categorised under five main domains and 12 subdomains. CATS can be used by caregivers to identify triggers or antecedents of challenging behaviour. Further work is needed to test its psychometric properties, utility, and acceptability.
AU  - Limbu,B
AU  - Unwin,G
AU  - Deb,SS
DO  - 10.3390/ijerph182010674
EP  - 33
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1660-4601
SP  - 1
TI  - Comprehensive assessment of triggers for behaviours of concern scale (CATS): initial development
T2  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010674
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000716345600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/20/10674
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/93837
VL  - 18
ER  -
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