Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up

To describe the long-term prevalence and severity of cognitive deficits following significant (i.e., ventilation required for >24 hours) traumatic brain injury. To assess a comprehensive range of cognitive functions using psychometric measures with established normative, reliability, and validity d...

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Main Authors: Marsh, Nigel V.*, Ludbrook, Maria R, Gaffaney, Lauren C
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Published: IOS Press 2016
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http://www.iospress.nl/journal/neurorehabilitation/
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author Marsh, Nigel V.*
Ludbrook, Maria R
Gaffaney, Lauren C
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description To describe the long-term prevalence and severity of cognitive deficits following significant (i.e., ventilation required for >24 hours) traumatic brain injury. To assess a comprehensive range of cognitive functions using psychometric measures with established normative, reliability, and validity data. A group of 71adults was assessed at approximately five years(mean=66months)following injury. Assessment of cognitive functioning covered the domains of intelligence, attention, verbal and visual memory, visual-spatial construction, and executive functions. Impairment was evident across all domains but prevalence varied both within and between domains. Across aspects of intelligence clinical impairment ranged from 8–25%, attention 39–62%, verbal memory 16–46%, visual memory 23–51%,visual-spatialconstruction38%,andexecutivefunctions(verbalfluency)13%.Inaddition,3–23%ofperformances across the measures were in the borderline range, suggesting a high prevalence of subclinical deficit. Although the prevalence of impairment may vary across cognitive domains, long-term follow-up documented deficits in all six domains. These findings provide further evidence that while improvement of cognitive functioning following significant traumatic brain injury may be possible, recovery of function is unlikely.
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spelling my.sunway.eprints.4712019-07-03T08:59:58Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/471/ Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up Marsh, Nigel V.* Ludbrook, Maria R Gaffaney, Lauren C BF Psychology R Medicine (General) To describe the long-term prevalence and severity of cognitive deficits following significant (i.e., ventilation required for >24 hours) traumatic brain injury. To assess a comprehensive range of cognitive functions using psychometric measures with established normative, reliability, and validity data. A group of 71adults was assessed at approximately five years(mean=66months)following injury. Assessment of cognitive functioning covered the domains of intelligence, attention, verbal and visual memory, visual-spatial construction, and executive functions. Impairment was evident across all domains but prevalence varied both within and between domains. Across aspects of intelligence clinical impairment ranged from 8–25%, attention 39–62%, verbal memory 16–46%, visual memory 23–51%,visual-spatialconstruction38%,andexecutivefunctions(verbalfluency)13%.Inaddition,3–23%ofperformances across the measures were in the borderline range, suggesting a high prevalence of subclinical deficit. Although the prevalence of impairment may vary across cognitive domains, long-term follow-up documented deficits in all six domains. These findings provide further evidence that while improvement of cognitive functioning following significant traumatic brain injury may be possible, recovery of function is unlikely. IOS Press 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/471/1/Marsh%2C%20Ludbrook%2C%20%26%20Gaffaney%20%282016%29.pdf Marsh, Nigel V.* and Ludbrook, Maria R and Gaffaney, Lauren C (2016) Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up. NeuroRehabilitation, 38 (1). pp. 71-78. ISSN 1053 8135 http://www.iospress.nl/journal/neurorehabilitation/
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Marsh, Nigel V.*
Ludbrook, Maria R
Gaffaney, Lauren C
Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up
title Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up
title_full Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up
title_fullStr Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up
title_short Cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: A five-year follow-up
title_sort cognitive functioning following traumatic brain injury: a five-year follow-up
topic BF Psychology
R Medicine (General)
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/471/1/Marsh%2C%20Ludbrook%2C%20%26%20Gaffaney%20%282016%29.pdf
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/471/
http://www.iospress.nl/journal/neurorehabilitation/
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