Objective: To determine whether severity alone accounts for differences observed between a population-based cohort of acute care hospitalizations for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) national dataset. Design: Prospective cohort. Setting: Acute care hospitals in South Carolina and TBIMS rehabilitation centers. Participants: Subjects ...
For patients surviving serious traumatic brain injury (TBI), families and other stakeholders often desire information on long-term functional prognosis, but accurate and easy-to-use clinical tools are lacking. We aimed to build utilitarian decision trees from commonly collected clinical variables to predict Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) functional levels at 1, ...
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This study examined: (1) resilience in a group of patients who were post-acute TBI and (2) the relationship between resilience and psychological health. Resilience has been found to correlate with psychological wellness and adaptive coping to a variety of physically and psychologically traumatic situations, including chronic ...
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This study looked at the number of motor vehicle crashes and risk factors of crashes for people after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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When compared to the general population, people with TBI who participated in this study were 1.5 to 2.5 times more ...
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Understanding how to treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) is difficult because there are so many possible outcomes. Even when patients have a similar injury, they may experience wide differences in behavior, cognition, and emotion. One way to predict individual TBI outcomes is to examine genes that ...
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The study examined self-reported medication use and headache treatment in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Headaches are one of the most common and understudied symptoms experienced after mild TBI. Researchers hope to learn the best way to treat headaches for people with TBI.
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Study investigated whether race/ethnicity and other sociodemographic vulnerabilities impact the expediency of acute rehabilitation admission following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were obtained from 111 patients admitted for acute TBI rehabilitation at a large, urban TBI Model System hospital. Patient groups were defined by race/ethnicity (people of color versus white) ...
Study investigated the contribution of polytrauma to inflammatory profiles that occur with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine known to be elevated after trauma, and a major contributor to the inflammatory response following TBI. Serial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were used to generate temporal acute ...
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This study measures which factors are associated with life satisfaction over time for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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The authors found losses of life roles, particularly as worker, hobbyist, and friend, are the biggest predictors of life dissatisfaction for persons with TBI. ...
This qualitative study was conducted to develop a framework for conceptualizing and assessing couples after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Additionally, it purposes to establish a foundation built upon the practices of successful couples that have subsisted TBI from which methods of treatment can be drawn. Existing personal narratives written ...
Objective
Identify determinants to chronic pain healthcare for persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) informed
by an Access to Care Framework. Findings related to the Access Framework’s core domains of identifying a
need, perceptions of the need, and seeking healthcare are reported.
Design
Descriptive, qualitative study.
Results
For the overall sample,
14 facilitators and 6 barriers were endorsed ...
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The aim of this is study was to develop a specific evaluation tool to assess patient reported experience and impact of fatigue on people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This was part of the larger Traumatic Brain Injury-Quality of Life (TBIQOL) measurement system. A computer adpative ...
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This study used the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database (TBIMS NDB) to examine employment outcomes. The focus was to look at the risk factors for unemployment and part-time employment 2 years after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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Of the initial study ...
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Memory impairment is common for individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ) was designed to measure everyday memory failures in individuals with TBI. Though the EMQ has demonstrated clinical effectiveness through distinguishing between individuals with TBI and orthopedic controls, its factor structure ...
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This study looked at chronic pain severity, its interference with daily function, and the history of pain treatment across several demographics of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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The study found that individuals with TBI who identified as Black reported greater pain severity ...
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People who sustain acute spinal cord injury (SCI) frequently also have traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors observe that it is important to know this so that both conditions can be treated when needed to promote the best health outcomes. Sometimes it is difficult to determine ...
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There is strong evidence that when clinicians use behavioral observations and information obtained through clinical interviews and medical records they do not predict the validity of the performance well and are particularly prone to false-positive errors in classification. It is important to be able to distinguish ...
Objective: Describe driving patterns following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants: Adults (N = 438) with TBI that required inpatient acute rehabilitation who had resumed driving.
Design: Cross-sectional, observational design.
Setting: Eight TBI Model System sites.
Main measures: A driving survey was completed at phone follow-up.
Results: Most respondents reported driving daily, although 41% ...
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Differentiating genuine traumatic brain injury (TBI) from faked neurocognitive impairment is essential to correctly provide resources in legal and healthcare systems. This study assessed the strategies used by healthy adults who were coached to simulate traumatic brain injury (TBI) during neuropsychological evaluation.
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Study examined Internet and social media use among adults with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and compared demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with Internet use between those with and without TBI. Participants were drawn from 10 TBI Model Systems centers. A total of 337 participants with moderate-to-severe TBI completed ...