Cognitive activity limitations one year post-trauma in patients admitted to sub-acute rehabilitation after severe traumatic brain injury

Community- and home-based daily intense cognitive rehabilitation (CR) of traumatic brain injury (TBI) clients was initiated on the basis on knowledge mentioned in Chapter 17. In the CR, statistically significant changes were demonstrated in attention and reading abilities in sixteen severe TBI clients by one-year daily CR. Improvement of memory and executive functions required more training periods as shown later. The temporary minimum scores of four neuropsychological tests required for social reentry, namely, 50 in TEA, 15 in RBMT, 80 in BADS and 40 in JART, were determined as a goal of our CR. In addition to the drill (pen and paper) method mainly using workbooks, a more advanced program for CR, particularly in clients who reached the required level, was developed together with the clients.

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One-year outcome and course of recovery after severe traumatic brain injury

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery ◽

10.1007/s00068-010-0053-6 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 387-395 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

W. Mauritz ◽

I. Wilbacher ◽

J. Leitgeb ◽

M. Majdan ◽

I. Janciak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

One Year

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Pentobarbital Coma For Refractory Intra-Cranial Hypertension After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Mortality Predictions and One-Year Outcomes in 55 Patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery ◽

10.1097/ta.0b013e3181de74c7 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 69 (2) ◽

pp. 275-283 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Gary T. Marshall ◽

Robert F. James ◽

Matthew P. Landman ◽

Patrick J. OʼNeill ◽

Bryan A. Cotton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Injury Mortality ◽

One Year

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Poster 75: Patient Perceived Life Satisfaction One Year After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ◽

10.1016/j.apmr.2009.08.108 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 90 (10) ◽

pp. e34-e35

Author(s):

Theresa Pape ◽

Karen Saban ◽

Amanda Urban ◽

Susan Brady

Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Perceived Life Satisfaction ◽

One Year

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The Relationship Between Executive Function and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences ◽

10.32598/jgums.29.3.1544.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 22-33

Author(s):

Mohaddeseh Mozaffari ◽

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Seyed Abolghasem Mehrinejad ◽

Mehrangiz Peyvstegar ◽

Siamak Soltani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Healthy Men ◽

Perseverative Errors ◽

History Of ◽

One Year ◽

High Level ◽

Sorting Test

Background: Cognitive impairment is a common complication of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (STBI). One of cognitive problems following STBI is impaired executive functions which involve high-level cognitive processes and their dysfunction can lead to reduced quality of life. Objective: This study aims to investigate the cognitive impairment in men with STBI compared to healthy men. Materials and Methods: This causal-comparative study was conducted from February 2017 to July 2019 on 20 male patients aged 30-55 years with a history of STBI in the past one year admitted to the intensive care units of Shohaday-e-Haftom-e-Tir and Baqiyatallah hospitals in Tehran, Iran and 64 healthy men who had met all inclusion criteria. Both groups were measured by the Wisconsin Cards Sorting Test (WCST). Results: There were significant differences between the two groups in WCST parameters including the number of categories completed, perseverative errors, correct and wrong responses, response time, number of trials to successfully complete first category, and conceptual level responses (P<0.01). Patients with STBI had a lower overall WCST score than the healthy subjects. Conclusion: It is necessary to pay special attention to cognitive impairment in STBI patients in their clinical and legal evaluations and psychological interventions.

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