TBI Publications

Studies have shown reduced life expectancy following moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with death from unintentional poisoning (UP) being 11 times higher following TBI than in the general population. The characteristics of those who die of unintentional poisoning are compared with the characteristics of those who die of other ...

Study assessed the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity and comparative effectiveness of traditional sleep apnea screening tools in traumatic brain injury (TBI) neurorehabilitation admissions. Potential participants were enrolled in 6 TBI Model System Inpatient Rehabilitation Centers. Between May 2017 and February 2019, 449 of 896 screened were eligible for the trial ...

This review summarizes early empirical findings that provide a context for integrating more recent clinical and research observations regarding impaired self-awareness (ISA) and denial of disability in post-acute traumatic brain injury (TBI). While several empirical studies have appeared on ISA after TBI over the last 20 years, the relative role ...

Objective: This study compared traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes from 2 cohorts: the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) in the United States and Longitudinal Head Injury Outcome Study conducted in Victoria, Australia, by the Monash Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre (MERRC). Design: ...

Article describes the content and development of an active control condition for an evidence-based intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) for weight-loss after traumatic brain injury (TBI) – the Group Lifestyle Balance intervention. Intervention studies should incorporate strong scientific designs and active control conditions to assess effectiveness and aid in replication. Despite ...

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Study tracked the behavioral and functional recovery of patients with prolonged traumatic disorders of consciousness (DoC) following discharge from the acute care setting. Standardized behavioral data were acquired from 95 patients in a minimally conscious (MCS) or vegetative state (VS) recruited from 11 clinic sites and randomly assigned to the ...

The objective of this study was to conduct a scoping review on classifications of mild stroke based on stroke severity assessments and/or clinical signs and symptoms. Electronic searches of PubMed, PsycINFO (Ovid), and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL–EBSCO) databases included keyword combinations of mild stroke, minor stroke, ...

Study examined the interrelationships between postinjury employment and substance abuse (SA) among individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Structural equation model (SEM) and logistic regression analyses used a merged data from the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) National Database. A total of ...

Article describes what people with disabilities need to know to participate in voting in the United States.

Objective: To develop a pain interference item bank, computer adaptive test (CAT), and short form for use by individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Cross-sectional survey study. Setting: Five TBI Model Systems rehabilitation hospitals. Participants: Individuals with TBI (N=590). Interventions: Not applicable. Outcome measures: Traumatic Brain Injury-Quality of ...

To examine the association between social Internet use and real-world societal participation in survivors of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Objective: To examine the association between social Internet use and real-world societal participation in survivors of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Design: Prospective cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Ten Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Centers. Participants: A ...

Psychological distress is common in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) but treatments remain underdeveloped. This randomized controlled trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) was designed to address this gap. Ninety-three persons with medically-documented complicated mild to severe TBI, normal-to-mildly impaired memory, and clinically significant psychological distress in the ...

Study assessed the factor structure of the Traumatic Brain Injury-Quality of Life (TBI-QOL) measurement system. Twenty TBI-QOL item banks were administered to a sample of 504 community-dwelling adults with TBI as part of a study of TBI classification. A subsample of 200 participants was randomly selected for exploratory factor analyses, ...

Growing evidence suggests that individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be uniquely susceptible to opioid misuse and the consequences of opioid use disorder (OUD). Multiple independent risk factors (e.g., high rates of chronic pain, pre- and post-injury substance misuse, injury-related neurobehavioral changes, overprescribing of opioids, and barriers in access ...

Study examined the relationship between history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and loneliness and identified mediators of that relationship. Data from the Health and Retirement Study were analyzed for a nationally representative sample of 724 adults over age 50 years. Loneliness was evaluated using the 11-item Revised University of California ...

Study determined the long-term effects of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) on disability after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and compared hospital resource utilization metrics between moderate-to-severe TBI survivors with and without HAP. The National Trauma Databank (NTDB) and TBI Model Systems (TBI-MS) were merged to derive a cohort of 3,717 adults ...

Purpose/objective: Spiritual well-being has been associated with better quality of life outcomes in caregivers, but the associations among the care recipient's functional status, the caregiver's spiritual well-being, and the caregiver's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is unknown. Research Method/Design: The study examined the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in caregivers of ...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of physical, mental, and total health condition burden on functional outcome and life satisfaction up to 10 years after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Setting: Six TBI Model Systems centers. Participants: Three hundred ninety-three participants in the TBI Model Systems National Database. ...

Objective: To develop a set of composite scores that can be used for interpreting quality of life (QOL) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) using 9 of the patient-reported outcomes measures from the Traumatic Brain Injury Quality of Life (TBI-QOL) measurement system. Design: Participants completed 20 item banks from the ...