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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.
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This study found that over a span of 30 years, ...
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This study uses the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database to examine the prevalence of obesity in individuals 1 to 25 years following traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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The study found that rates of obesity and overweight problems increased overtime after TBI, with ...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the extent to which neuropsychologic and functional outcome after complicated mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) parallels that of moderate TBI recovery. DESIGN: A longitudinal study comparing neuropsychologic and functional status of persons with complicated mild TBI and moderate TBI at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation and at ...
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This study looked at the emotional awareness, emotional function, and empathy of individuals with TBI in relation to care partner burden one year after injury.
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The study found that 77% of care partners were female with most either being a spouse or parent. ...
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This study used pre-existing data to make U.S. population estimates of health and social outcomes for adults 5 years after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that required acute inpatient rehabilitation.
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Approximately 1 in 5 (20.6%) TBI patients died within 5 years of injury. ...
Study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a self-report measure of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), and assessed the potential effect of TBI on acute and postacute inpatient rehabilitation outcomes. Step 2 of the Traumatic Brain Injury-4 (TBI-4) interview was used to estimate the ...
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This study aims to determine whether rehospitalization in the first two years after a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with poorer societal participation at five years post-TBI.
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This study found that rehospitalization during the first two years after TBI ...
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Multiple comorbidities that affect recovery is a real concern for aging individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The aim of this study was to detail the most common co-occurring comorbid conditions among adults fifty years and older with TBI.
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The three most commonly ...
Study identified rehabilitation needs and factors associated with unmet needs at 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI) among 283 participants enrolled in Veterans Affairs (VA) TBI Model Systems polytrauma rehabilitation centers. Participants completed the Rehabilitation Needs Survey (21-item survey measuring cognitive, emotional, social, and functional needs) and the Craig ...
Study examined the factor structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in a sample of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and tested the one-, two-, and three-factor models derived from previous studies in other populations. The PSQI is a measure of sleep quality in which respondents are ...
Study evaluated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as a biomarker for post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) depressions (PTD), cognitive impairment, and functional cognitive limitations in the first year following severe TBI. One hundred thirteen participants with TBI were evaluated for PTD using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Cognitive impairment using a ...
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This study aims to assess predictors of global function (i.e., how well an individual can perform everyday activities) and driving status among older adults (50 years and older) who survived 1 year following inpatient rehabilitation for moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Global functioning was assessed through ...
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This commentary article aims to highlight the severity of the opioid epidemic and the potentially significant connection with lifetime history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors suggest that TBI can have unrecognized consequences that may increase the risk for opioid use disorders (OUD). The factors ...
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The aim of this report is to describe the development of a new tool to measure how much pain interferes in daily life in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The TBI-QOL Pain Interference Item Bank used an approach in agreement with established measurement development standards, ...
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This study used the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database (TBIMS NDB) to examine US population estimates for variables observed before the injury and after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation (rehab) for TBI.
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Based on US population estimates, TBI occurred most frequently (23.1%) ...
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This study compared obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), demographic, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) characteristics across the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and Centers for Medicare (CMS) and Medicare scoring rules, in individuals with moderate to severe TBI receiving inpatient neurorehabilitation. Sleep is critical for neural ...
Although some of the relationship changes after TBI are difficult and can be painful, there are many things that couples can do in order to enjoy each other and their relationship in new, positive, and meaningful ways.
BACKGROUND: Classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity guides management and contributes to determination of prognosis. Common indicators of TBI severity include Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores, length of coma (LOC) and duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA). OBJECTIVE: To compare GCS, LOC and PTA by examining distributions and intercorrelations ...
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This study aims to explore which psychosocial and demographic variables, in combination with the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), a measure of severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI), are predictive of TBI functional outcomes five to fifteen years post-injury.
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The findings were somewhat surprising ...
Study developed, calibrated, and evaluated a new patient-reported outcome measures of cognitive concerns for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The TBI-QOL Headache Pain Executive Function and TBI-QOL Cognition-General Concerns item banks developed using data collected at five TBI Model Systems rehabilitation centers in the United States from adults with ...