What is the study about?
This study aims to measure recovery of consciousness in individuals with disorders of consciousness (DOC) caused by acute traumatic brian injury (TBI). The study also looks at factors associated with recovery from DOC and return to functional independence.
What did the study find?
This study found that most ...
Study described pain intensity and interference at baseline and 1 year post injury in burn, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors compared to each other and with the general population (GP). It also evaluated the feasibility and utility of custom Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System ...
Mantenerse saludable después de sufrir una lesión cerebral traumática (LCT) puede ser difícil. La LCT puede causar cambios negativos en su salud física y mental y cambiar su forma de pensar y sentir. Estos cambios pueden dificultar el cuidado de uno mismo y evitar o dificultar la gestión de otros ...
Staying healthy after having a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be hard. TBI can cause negative changes in your physical and mental health and change how you think and feel. These changes can make it hard to take care of yourself and to prevent or manage other health problems. This ...
Las personas que han sufrido una lesión cerebral traumática pueden tener dificultades para votar a causa de una amplia gama de alteraciones de la funcionalidad física, auditiva, visual, cognitiva, emocional, conductual y de la comunicación. Entre los obstáculos que encuentran se cuentan: problemas para inscribirse para votar, dificultades para recordar ...
¿Cuáles son algunos posibles cambios de comportamiento?
Las personas que padecen una lesión cerebral traumática (LCT) de moderada a grave pueden presentar cambios en su comportamiento. Las personas con una LCT y sus familias enfrentan algunos comportamientos comunes:
Problemas para manejar las emociones. Las personas con una LCT pueden tener un cambio ...
Objective: Describe who is able to return to driving (RTD) after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), when this occurs, who maintains that activity, and the association with outcome.
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting: Eight follow-up sites of the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) program.
Participants: 618 participants enrolled in the TBIMS and 88 caregivers ...
Objective: To examine motor vehicle crash frequency and risk factors following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Setting: Eight TBI Model Systems sites. Participants: Adults (N = 438) with TBI who required inpatient acute rehabilitation.
Design: Cross-sectional, observational design.
Main measures: Driving survey completed at phone follow-up 1 to 30 years after injury.
Results: TBI ...
CARE4TBI project is a pragmatic, stakeholder-driven observational study which aims to: 1) standardize electronic medical record (EMR) documentation of rehabilitation therapy to allow extraction for research and operations, 2) compare the effectiveness of well-defined rehabilitation approaches to improve community participation and functional independence of patients with TBI, and 3) ...
This project will produce new knowledge and information to address current evidence gaps in the management of brain injury as a chronic health condition and, in so doing, will help optimize health, function, and community integration after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The primary output of this project will be ...
What is the study about?
This study’s aim was to describe who is able to return to driving (RTD) after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), who maintains driving after RTD, and the association of RTD with TBI outcomes.
What did the study find?
This study found that over a span of 30 years, ...
Introducción
Una lesión cerebral traumática (LCT) puede cambiar a una persona de muchas maneras. En su rol de cuidador de una persona con una LCT, usted puede sentirse estresado o abrumado. No está solo; esos sentimientos son normales. El uso de estrategias para controlar el estrés puede ayudarlo a cuidarse.
Síntomas del ...
What is the study about?
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Couples Intervention (TCI) on caregiver needs and burden after brain injury. TCI is an individually-administered couples intervention (a therapist works with one partner at a time) that focuses on improvement in adjustment and communication. Traumatic brain ...
Después de una LCT, es común experimentar ansiedad. La ansiedad está estrechamente relacionada con el dolor, y ambos pueden hacer que una empeore a la otra. En este cómic se explica la relación entre el dolor y la ansiedad y se presentan estrategias para ayudar a gestionar ambas condiciones.
El presente ...
Una LCT puede causar daño en el cerebro o en los nervios provocando que los músculos no respondan como debieran. Esto se llama espasticidad. Este cómic explica la espasticidad y lo que se puede hacer para mejorar los síntomas derivados de ésta.
El presente infocómic da seguimiento a un sobreviviente de ...
Después de sufrirse una LCT, el padecimiento de diferentes problemas emocionales y cognitivos es común. El dolor puede empeorar los problemas, los que pueden provocar que el dolor se empeore. El presente cómic busca ayudar a explicar los efectos comunes del dolor y lo que se puede hacer al respecto.
El ...
El dolor es una sensación desagradable que puede variar de leve a severa. Se suele considerar crónica cuando ésta dura más de tres meses. Muchas personas con LCT tienen dolor crónico en algún momento dado. El presente cómic tiene por objeto ayudar a explicar los diferentes tipos de dolor y ...
After a TBI, it is common to experience anxiety. Anxiety is closely related to pain, and each can make the other worse. This comic explains the relationship between pain and anxiety and demonstrates strategies to help manage both conditions.
This infocomic follows a TBI survivor as anxiety and pain cause problems ...
A TBI can cause damage in the brain or to the nerves that makes muscles not respond as they should. This is called spasticity. This comic explains spasticity and what can be done to improve symptoms of it.
This infocomic follows a TBI survivor as she learns to different ways of ...
After TBI, it is common to have a variety of different emotional and cognitive issues. Pain can make these problems worse, and these problems can make pain feel worse. This comic helps to explain the common effects of pain and what you can do about them.
This infocomic follows a TBI ...