SASNOS is used internationally by a diverse range of health professionals — including psychologists, rehabilitation staff, occupational therapists, nurses, and case managers – to guide care across all stages and treatment pathways.
Beyond clinical use, SASNOS is increasingly utilised in medico-legal contexts (e.g., personal injury and clinical negligence litigation) to demonstrate the impact of neurobehavioural disability (NBD), informing decisions around compensation. It has also been adopted as an outcome measure in both research and service evaluation.
Below are selected testimonials from professionals using SASNOS in practice. For a more comprehensive set of feedback, you can download further testimonials here.
“It [SASNOS] has proved a useful tool in educating and
Occupational Therapist, Canada
informing medical teams and other professionals that are not
trained in neurology regarding neurobehavioral difficulties / impairments”
“SASNOS helps our services to be more efficient in directing resources and more accurate in predicting outcome. It allows for a single metric to be adopted in a service rather than a multiplicity of tools”
Headwise, UK
“It is a validated and standardised measure of NBD for ABI.
Academic and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Australia
We are unaware of any other measure that has established reliability and validity in this field”
“I am not currently aware of another tool that could take its place and its level of integration within our service is now such that it is available to complete on the patient electronic records system”
St Andrew’s Healthcare, UK
SASNOS “has filled a significant gap in that it has helped to better identify the less measurable but often more disabling neurobehavioral aspects of traumatic brain injury”
Community Brain Injury Service, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, UK
“It has supported us in displaying to junior staff where the impacts are present on service users and their acquired or traumatic brain injuries“
Clinical Neuropsychologist, Australia