TBI Publications

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 ...

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 ...

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 potential ...

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 of ...

Objective: The long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury affect millions of Americans, many of whom report using religion and spirituality to cope. Little research, however, has investigated how various elements of the religious and spiritual belief systems affect rehabilitation outcomes. The present study sought to assess the use of ...

Objectives: To examine the predictive value of caregiver/family status to well-being of persons with brain injury and to examine whether perceived social support to caregivers moderates their well-being. Participants: One hundred nine pairs of adults, a caregiver, and an individual with TBI. Main Measures: Brief Symptom Inventory–18, Satisfaction With ...

This study investigated the ability of the Wechsler Memory Scale-4th Edition (WMS-IV) and the Advanced Clinical Solutions (ACS) package including the new Word Choice test (WCT) to distinguish poor performance due to intentional response bias among simulators of traumatic brain injury (TBI) from poor performance due to actual TBI. ...

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 ...

Background: Duration of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) correlates with global outcomes and functional disability. Russell proposed the use of PTA duration intervals as an index for classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity. Alternative duration-based schemata have been recently proposed as better predictors of outcome to the commonly cited Russell ...

Study examined quality of life and barriers to participation in vocational and community life over the very-long term following traumatic brain injury (TBI). A survey was sent to 1,623 individuals identified as having experienced a confirmed TBI while a resident of Olmsted County, Minnesota, during the period from 1935 ...

Study examined the spatial distribution of cortical and subcortical volume loss in patients with diffuse traumatic axonal injury (TAI) and assessed the relationship between regional atrophy and functional outcome. Twenty-five patients with diffuse TAI and 22 age- and sex-matched controls were studied. Longitudinal changes in global and regional brain ...

Study examined the functional connectivity of hippocampal and selected frontal lobe circuits in patients with traumatic axonal injury (TAI). Twenty-five patients with brain injuries consistent with TAI and acute subcortical white matter abnormalities were studied as well as 16 healthy volunteers of similar age and sex. Echo-planar and high-resolution ...

Study examined the utility of three methods that measure the degree of white matter (WM) injury following traumatic axonal injury (TAI) and their respective associations with functional and neurocognitive outcome. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can detect microstructural compromise in WM in various clinical populations including TAI. DTI-derived data can ...

Study examined the relationship between volumetric changes in various brain regions of interest after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and depressive symptoms measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II. (BDI-II) Regional brain volumes were calculated on both acute and 6-month magnetic resonance imaging findings using an automated segmentation algorithm. Percent volume ...

Study compared 2 scoring algorithms for a measure of participation, the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective (PART-O), one based on the assumption that more participation is better versus an alternative that reflects balance in domains of participation. Three groups of participants under the age of 65 years were included ...

A systematic review of the literature was conducted to analyze how traumatic brain injury (TBI) populations were included in previous studies on screening and brief interventions (SBI) for substance misuse and whether there was evidence of differential outcomes. Peer-reviewed studies that investigated SBI for misuse of alcohol or other ...

Study identified factors that predict acute hospital discharge disposition after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Secondary analysis was conducted of archival data for adults hospitalized with moderate to severe TBI included in 3 large existing datasets: (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Central Nervous System Injury ...

Article describes the development and preliminary testing of a new measure, the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective (PART-O). Development of the Part-O was based on items from 3 participation instruments: (1) Community Integration Questionnaire version 2; (2) Participation Objective, Participation Subjective; and (3) Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique. ...

This critical review of the literature examines marriage after traumatic brain injury. Studies reporting information on marital stability rates and studies examining the quality of marriages through the assessment of at least 1 relational domain are discussed. Available findings are presented along with information on methodological limitations and knowledge ...