Citation

Kolakowsky-Hayner SA, Kreutzer JS. Brain Inj. 2001; 15(1): 53-63.

Affiliation

Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Richmond 23298-0542, USA. sakolako@hsc.vcu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11201315

Abstract

There is limited information regarding the effects of pre-injury history of arrest or history of substance use on neurobehavioural functioning after brain injury. The current study included 211 patients with traumatic brain injury, who were seen for a follow-up neuropsychological evaluation in an outpatient setting. An effort was made to distinguish between (1) patients with a history of pre-injury arrests and patients without a history of pre-injury arrests, (2) patients classified as substance abusers and non-abusers, and (3) patients with and without a history of pre-injury illicit drug use on the basis of demographic characteristics, injury characteristics, and neurobehavioural functioning. Results indicate significant differences between patients with a history of pre-injury arrests and patients without a history of pre-injury arrests in terms of demographic and injury characteristics. Differences were also noted between persons classified as substance abusers and non-abusers in terms of demographic and injury characteristics, and neurobehavioural functioning. Clinical implications and future research are discussed.

Language: en