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OBJECTIVE: To describe frequency and magnitude of caregivers' emotional distress and life satisfaction using standardized assessment procedures; compare distress levels among spouses, parents, and other caregivers; and identify risk factors. DESIGN: Prospective collaborative cohort study.<br /><br /> SETTING: Six Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Centers providing neurotrauma care, rehabilitation, and ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe frequency and magnitude of caregivers’ emotional distress and life satisfaction using standardized assessment procedures; compare distress levels among spouses, parents, and other caregivers; and identify risk factors. Design: Prospective collaborative cohort study. Setting: Six Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Centers providing neurotrauma care, rehabilitation, and outpatient ...

Objective: To investigate causes of death in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Utilized data from the TBI Model Systems National Database, the Social Security Death Index, death certificates, and the US population age-race-gender-cause– specific mortality rates for 1994. Patients: Two thousand one hundred forty ...

OBJECTIVE: To study cognitive, communication, and social changes experienced by individuals between 1 and 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: TBI Model System Database with 927 eligible subjects using a cohort with complete 1- and 5-year data (N = 292). ...

Objective: To study cognitive, communication, and social changes experienced by individuals between 1 and 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Prospective cohort. Setting and Participants: TBI Model System Database with 927 eligible subjects using a cohort with complete 1- and 5-year data (N = 292). Main Outcome Measures: ...

The present study explored the predictive value of interval change in neuropsychological performance at three time-points following moderate-to-severe TBI (inpatient rehabilitation, 1-year, and 2-year follow-up) on functional outcome measures collected at 2-year follow-up. Symmetrized percent change scores were calculated and used to predict scores on functional measures using linear regression ...

Headache is a common and persistent symptom following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Headaches following TBI are defined primarily by their temporal association to injury, but have no defining clinical features. To provide a framework for treatment, primary headache symptoms were used to characterize headache. Three hundred and seventy-eight participants were ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often presents clinicians with a complex combination of clinical elements that can confound treatment and make outcome prediction challenging. Predictive models have commonly used acute physiological variables and gross clinical measures to predict mortality and basic outcome endpoints. The primary goal of this study was to ...

This chapter reviews studies on brain-computer interface (BCI) applications in patients with disorders of consciousness. BCIs are tools that allow overcoming motor disability in patients with brain injury, allowing them to communicate with the environment. This system is based on cerebral activity that can be measured using techniques such as ...

Study examined the relationship between community activities and satisfaction with these activities, the desires to change them, and global quality of life (QOL) among survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were obtained from 162 participants at 1 month after rehabilitation discharge and 12 months after injury using: (1) the ...

Article provides a response to comments made (see accession number J69865) regarding the methodology and conclusions of their comparative effectiveness study of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation (see J69864). The authors explain the rationale for the methods used and the basis for their conclusions. ...

Article offers comments on the preceding article by Dahdah et al (see accession number J69864) that describes a comparative effectiveness study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. The authors here suggest flaws in the study methodology and point out other concerns with the conclusions of the investigation. ...

This study examined perceptions of stigmatization in a sample of 85 pediatric burn survivors and their parents. Survivors and a parent independently completed the Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire (PSQ) rating the frequency that the child experienced three types of stigmatizing behaviors: absence of friendly behavior, confused and staring behavior, and hostile ...

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