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Study investigated the extent to which self-awareness and depressive symptomatology are associated with self-reports of memory, quality-of-Life (QoL), and satisfaction with life in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thirty community-dwelling adults, who sustained a TBI at least 1 year prior to study enrollment, completed questionnaires to assess the ...

Article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Spinal Cord Injury – Quality of Life (SCI-QOL) Psychological Trauma item bank and short form. Using a mixed-methods design, a Psychological Trauma item bank was developed and tested with patient and provider focus groups and cognitive interviews. A 31-item pool ...

Study evaluated the efficacy of the Short-Term Executive Plus (STEP) cognitive rehabilitation program for improving executive dysfunction, attention, and emotional regulation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). The goal of STEP is to teach a core set of metacognitive skills that can be applied across a wide range of real-life ...

Headache is one of the most frequently reported symptoms following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Little is known about how these headaches change over time. We describe the natural history of headache in individuals with moderate to severe TBI over 5 years after injury. A total of 316 patients were ...

BACKGROUND: Extremely few objective estimates of traumatic brain injury incidence include all ages, both sexes, all injury mechanisms, and the full spectrum from very mild to fatal events. METHODS: We used unique Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage resources, including highly sensitive and specific diagnostic coding, to identify all Olmsted ...

OBJECTIVE: To update our clinical recommendations for cognitive rehabilitation of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke, based on a systematic review of the literature from 2003 through 2008. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and Infotrieve literature searches were conducted using the terms attention, awareness, cognitive, communication, executive, language, memory, ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive value of preinjury factors for satisfaction with life (SWL) at 1-year posttraumatic brain injury (TBI). DESIGN: Secondary analysis of prospective, longitudinal registry using data collected during inpatient rehabilitation and at 1-year post-TBI. SETTING: Fifteen specialized brain injury units providing acute rehabilitation care as part ...

Data on traumatic brain injury (TBI) economic outcomes are limited. We used Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) resources to estimate long-term medical costs for clinically-confirmed incident TBI across the full range of severity after controlling for pre-existing conditions and co-occurring injuries. All Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with diagnoses indicative of ...

BACKGROUND: Headache (HA) following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common, but predictors and time course are not well established, particularly after moderate to severe TBI. METHODS: A prospective, longitudinal cohort study of HA severity post-TBI was conducted on 450 participants at seven participating rehabilitation centers. Generalized linear mixed-effects models ...

BACKGROUND: Long-term mortality may be increased following traumatic brain injury (TBI); however, the degree to which survival could be reduced is unknown. We aimed at modelling life expectancy following post-acute TBI to provide predictions of longevity and quantify differences in survivorship with the general population. METHODS: A population-based retrospective ...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To develop and provide initial validation of a measure for accurately determining the need for Constant Visual Observation (CVO) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) admitted to inpatient rehabilitation. RESEARCH DESIGN: Rating scale development and evaluation through Rasch analysis and assessment of concurrent validity. METHODS AND ...

Importance: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to 2.9 million visits to US emergency departments annually and frequently involves a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Early treatment, including withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies and rehabilitation, is often predicated on the assumed worse outcome of disrupted consciousness.Objective: To quantify the loss of consciousness, factors ...

Objective: Describe who returns to driving (RTD) after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), when this occurs, who maintains that activity, and association with outcome. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive. Setting: Eight follow-up sites of the TBI Model System (TBI MS) program. Participants: 618 participants enrolled in the TBI MS and 88 caregivers. Intervention: None. Measurements: A survey ...