Table 3.
Themes identified within searched articles.
| Theme | Item type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case study (7) | News article (5) | HoC debate pack (1) | Position article (5) | Empirical study (3) | Report/Editorial (2) | Review (1) | Book/Chapter (4) | Total (28) | |
| Discrepancy between neuropsychological tests performance and functional life performance | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| Need for changes in practices and testing to enable the identification of the discrepancy/paradox. | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Need for changes in practices to increase awareness | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Legislation/practice not meeting the needs of individuals with ABI | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Inadequacy/poor ecological validity of current tests | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Contrasting/testing performance of sufferers of ABI with normal population | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Discrepancies between family reports and test results | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Importance and role of frontal lobes. Neuroanatomy and function relating to behavior and cognitive assessment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Specifically refers to the frontal lobe paradox/mystery or knowing-doing dissociation. | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
() indicates number of each item identified; HoC = House of Commons; ABI = acquired brain injury.