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The Orientation Log (O-Log) was designed to assess orientation to time, place, and situation in persons who have posttraumatic amnesia as a result of traumatic brain injury. Posttraumatic amnesia is a state of disorientation and confusion that commonly occurs following traumatic brain injury and is related to a number of important short- and long-term outcomes. The O-Log consists of ten equally weighted items that can receive full or partial credit, with total scores ranging from 0 to 30. The O-Log was developed for the daily monitoring of cognitive abilities and was designed to be particularly useful for inpatients who have sustained severe injuries. For example, while spontaneous correct responses receive full credit (three points), partial credit may be obtained if a correct response is given after the examiner provides a logical cue (two points) or if the correct answer is recognized when presented in a multiple choice format (one point). Thus, the...
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Nuñez, A., Allen, D.N. (2017). Orientation Log. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_205-3
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