Community integration following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal investigation

Community integration following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal investigation.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the course and identify determinants of community integration for up to 3 years following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. PATIENTS A total of 119 moderate to severe traumatic brain injury patients aged 16-67 years. METHODS The Community Integration Questionnaire was completed at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months post-injury. R...

Community integration after severe traumatic brain injury in adults.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Despite being the main cause of death and disability in young adults, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a rather neglected epidemic. Community integration of persons with TBI was, until recently, insufficiently informed by clinical research. RECENT FINDINGS To bridge the gap between rehabilitation and community re-entry, the first task is to assess the person, using TBI-specif...

Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Awareness problems following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, assessment methods, and injury correlates.

We examined the degree to which individuals with a history of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are unaware of their postinjury deficits. We also examined correlates between awareness problems and injury acuteness and severity and whether awareness problems differed across behavioral domains. Self- and significant other (family member) ratings on the Key Behaviors Change Inventory...

A case report of an unexpected traumatic brain injury following severe child abuse

Introduction: Child abuse has been defined as allowing others to cause physical, emotional, and sexual harm, and also physical and emotional pain to a child. The present study was a report on a case of physical and sexual child abuse accompanied by traumatic brain injury (TBI) referred to an emergency department.Case Presentation: A 4-year-old child was rushed into an emergency department...