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The purpose of this study was to assess the association between post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), occurring during the first 2 years post-injury, and frequency of mental health outcomes (depression and/or anxiety) during that same time period in a group of individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) ...
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Recent work has highlighted that people who have sustained moderate to severe traumatic brain injury often have sleep disturbance partially due to the presence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder resulting in the blockage of the airway while sleeping. People with OSA have disrupted sleep ...
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This study aims to examine the utility of common screening tools for sleep apnea (a disorder of interrupted breathing while sleeping) by examining how they compare to one another. These are tools used during inpatient rehabilitation for individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). ...
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Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at an increased risk for developing chronic health conditions (i.e., diabetes, heart disease, hypertension). Because of this, it is especially important that individuals with TBI maintain a healthy lifestyle, which can be difficult given the everyday challenges associated with ...
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There is evidence that individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are at a higher risk for chronic health problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of both medical and psychiatric comorbidities that appeared before and up to 10 years following TBI requiring ...
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Difficulty sleeping and problems with attention, memory, and understanding and processing new information, called cognitive function, are common occurrences after suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A patient suffering from these types of problems may experience significant loss of their ability to function. This study examined ...
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The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and concerns of caregivers of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) over the first few months after discharge of the TBI survivor into the community.
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This study found that caregivers of TBI survivors ...
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This study examines the probability of returning to productivty, defined as engagement in school or work, over time up to 5 years following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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This study found several factors associated with the likelihood of returning to work following a ...
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The adapted Marshall computed tomography (CT) classification scheme is used to classify the severity of TBI using the results from a CT scan. The aim of this study was to first examine the predictive relationship between an adapted Marshall classification scheme and other clinical measures of ...
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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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Monoamine transporters are protein structures that help regulate the levels of neurotransmitters that send signals to the nerve structure. Dopamine and serotonin are examples of compounds that send signals throughout the body. They are important in regulating a variety of brain activities including memory, executive functioning ...
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The goal of this case series report was to look for improvement in bowel and bladder continence and cognition in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (STBI). The functional independence measure (FIM) was used to evaluate study participants at discharge from inpatient rehabilitation (IR). Researchers were ...
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Researchers examined working memory capacity as an influential variable in the relationship between cognitive reserve and long-term memory. Cognitive reserve can be estimated with measures of intellect. A greater cognitive reserve may allow some people to better cope with cognitive impairment that results from trauma or ...
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This study looked at how inflammation affects the outcomes of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) during the first year after the injury. A better understanding of the effects of inflammation may lead to new screening, early intervention, treatment, and therapeutic options.
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The most common complication after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is post-traumatic depression (PTD). This study looked at whether inflammation profiles from the acute phase of TBI can predict risk for PTD 6 and 12 months after the injury. People with TBI may have better outcomes ...
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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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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, ...