TBI Publications

Article examines the potential bias in outcome studies created by traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients lost at one-year follow-up. The goal of the study was to identify characteristics that differed significantly for those who were lost to follow-up. Patients were considered lost when phone, mail, clinic visits, and assistance ...

Discusses variables contributing to the necessity of a return to an acute care facility from an inpatient rehabilitation facility among people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Argues that history of pneumonia and history of recent surgery are significant contributing factors, with serum hemoglobin levels also exhibiting a ...

Examines potential underlying mechanisms and common intervention strategies for management of agitation after brain injury. Discusses probable pathophysiologic mechanisms of posttraumatic agitation and reviews common behavioral and pharmacologic methods of treatment. This document is included in NCDDR's Guide to Traumatic Brain Injury Resources Produced by NIDRR Grantees, number C.46. ...

Examines the relationship between the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status examination (Cognistat) and established neuropsychological measures of related constructs in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) sample. Evaluates Cognistat performance in assessing orientation, attention, language, memory, calculation, construction, and reasoning. ...

Reports the results of a study investigating the roles that depression and cognition play in the recovery of ambulation and the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) in geriatric patients undergoing physical rehabilitation. Subjects consisted of 423 medical rehabilitation inpatients between the ages of 60 and 99. Depression ...

Summarizes pharmacological responses to agitation among people who are in an intensive care setting. Discusses antipsychotic, neuroleptic, opioid, benzodiazepine, paralyzing, sedative, and antidepressant agents, as well as propofol.

This paper deals with the issue of fitness to drive in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Guidelines for assessment are proposed and three types of studies are reviewed: studies about impairments of attention and information processing, studies of driving competence, and driver selection studies, applying and evaluating ...

OBJECTIVE: To extend psychometric research on the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) by comparing patients' reports with those of family members. DESIGN: Reports on community integration were obtained from family members and patients 1 year after brain injury. Kappa reliability coefficients were used to examine agreement for individual items on ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of acute injury characteristics on subsequent return to work in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. DESIGN: Descriptive statistics were performed in a comparative study of 49 TBI patients who were competitively employed at 1-year follow-up and 83 unemployed patients. Independent t tests were then ...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of acute injury characteristics on subsequent return to work in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. DESIGN: Descriptive statistics were performed in a comparative study of 49 TBI patients who were competitively employed at 1-year follow-up and 83 unemployed patients. Independent t tests were then ...

OBJECTIVE: To extend psychometric research on the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) by comparing patients' reports with those of family members. DESIGN: Reports on community integration were obtained from family members and patients 1 year after brain injury. Kappa reliability coefficients were used to examine agreement for individual items on ...

Discusses variables contributing to the necessity of a return to an acute care facility from an inpatient rehabilitation facility among people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Argues that history of pneumonia and history of recent surgery are significant contributing factors, with serum hemoglobin levels also exhibiting a trend ...

Surveys the state of rehabilitation care in a hospital setting. Topics covered include: an overview of the history of inpatient rehabilitation care and rehabilitation facilities; administrative and practice structures within facilities; and potential risks and hazards associated with current practices. ...

Study discusses the Supervision Rating Scale (SRS), a brain injury outcome measure. The SRS measures a patient's required level of needed assistance. The study assessed the SRS's ability to identify functional outcome by rating 114 traumatically brain injured patients who had been referred for neuropsychological evaluation with the SRS, ...

Study compares multidimentional and unidimensional measures of functional outcome as a result of brain injury. Functional outcome can be defined on a number of parameters. This study looks at the unidemensional models of GOS and DRS and the multidimensional mode CHART, the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique. Patients ...

Article in a special issue dedicated to research findings from the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS). (See AN XJ32562 to XJ32568 for the articles.) This article describes a study that examined the impact of acute complications, fractures, and motor deficits ...