Model System:

TBI

Reference Type:

Journal

Accession No.:

J72926

Journal:


Rehabilitation Psychology

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 60, 4, 353-364

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Abstract:

Study identified life satisfaction trajectories after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), identified factors at 1-year postinjury that predict these life satisfaction trajectories, and determined how individuals in distinct life satisfaction trajectory groups differ from one another. Data were collected at 1, 2, and 5 years post TBI from 3,012 participants aged 16 years old and older with moderate-to-severe TBI who were enrolled in the TBI Model Systems National Database. Four life satisfaction trajectories were identified across the first 5 years after injury, including: stable satisfaction, initial satisfaction declining, initial dissatisfaction improving, and stable dissatisfaction. Age, depressive symptoms, cognitive disability, and life role participation as a worker, leisure participant, and/ or religious participant at 1-year postinjury significantly predicted trajectory group membership. Life role participation and depressive symptoms were strong predictors of life satisfaction trajectories across the first 5 years after TBI. The previously documented loss of life roles and prevalence of depression after moderate-to-severe TBI make this a vulnerable population for whom low or declining life satisfaction is a particularly high risk. The findings highlight the importance of addressing depressive symptoms and participation early after TBI.

Author(s):


Juengst, Shannon B., Adams, Leah M., Bogner, Jennifer A., Arenth, Patricia M., O'Neil-Pirozzi, Therese M., Dreer, Laura E., Hart, Tessa, Bergquist, Thomas F., Bombardier, Charles H., Dijkers, Marcel P., Wagner, Amy K.

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