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This study compared several characteristics between people with and without TBI, including life expectancy and certain causes of death. The study also looked at risk factors of death. The study focused on people with TBI who completed inpatient rehabilitation.
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a significant cause of death and long-term disability. Although there has been a decline in the incidence of TBI in the general population, the rate of TBI in older adults has increased. Increased age has long been recognized as a predictor ...
While attaining a sense of well-being is a primary goal of TBI rehabilitation, it remains elusive for many with TBI. Individuals with TBI tend to score in the marginal range on life satisfaction measures for many years after injury, to score low on subjective well-being measures, and to have ...
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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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 ...
People with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have problems with balance. About half of people with TBI have dizziness and loss of balance at some point in their recovery. When you are dizzy, you may have vertigo (the feeling that you or your surroundings are moving) and feel unsteady. You ...
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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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Recovering from a traumatic brain injury is a long-term process that affects the person with TBI and their family and caregivers. This comic describes the stages of recovery and provides some strategies for managing TBI.
In the first few weeks after a brain injury, brain function is often decreased. Beyond the ...
During a traumatic brain injury and early stages of recovery, people may experience many changes. Because of damage to the brain, they may feel confused or disoriented. Or, they may have trouble with some physical activity. Luckily, there are many types of brain injury therapies and TBI rehabilitation that can ...
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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. ...
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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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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 ...
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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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Part of the Hot Topics Series: TBI and Depression Our featured video shows the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on depression. Brandon Blake and Michelle Kauffman share how they worked with TBI Model System researchers to address challenges they faced with depression after experiencing a TBI. ...
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 ...
It’s common for people with a traumatic brain injury to have trouble sleeping. This comic includes information about sleep problems after TBI and how to improve your sleep.
Sleep wake cycles may be affected by damage to certain parts of the brain. Because of this, people with TBI may have trouble ...
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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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