@article{ref1,
title="Psychological outcome after severe traumatic brain injury in adolescents and young adults: The chronic phase",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2018",
author="Doser, Karoline and Poulsen, Ingrid and Wuensch, Alexander and Norup, Anne",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="64-71",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Young individuals surviving severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently experience a wide range of cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences. This cross-sectional follow-up study investigated psychological outcome of young survivors in the chronic phase, and whether psychological outcome was associated with improvement of functional abilities during sub-acute admission. <br><br>METHODS: Patients, who acquired a severe TBI during adolescence or early adulthood (n = 36) and received early intensive rehabilitation, were contacted for follow-up assessment concerning psychological outcome and completed the Adult Self Report 18-59 (ASR18-59). Demographic data, functional outcomes and severity measures were obtained from the local database. <br><br>RESULTS: The participants had a mean age of 24.1 years (SD = 4.1) at follow-up, and the mean time since injury was 72.1 months (SD = 44.2). <br><br>RESULTS showed significantly higher scores compared with the normative reference population in relation to the subscales withdrawal/isolation (p = 0.013), attention problems (p = 0.008) and intrusive behaviour (p = 0.046). Pearson correlation analyses showed that young survivors experiencing more functional improvement during inpatient rehabilitation had fewer psychological problems during the chronic phase in the subscales: withdrawal/isolation, rule breaking, intrusive behaviour and total problems. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Young patients reported psychological problems in several areas during the chronic phase of injury, which may hinder complete reintegration and participation in society. Larger functional improvement during sub-acute rehabilitation seemed to be associated with less psychological problems in the chronic phase.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2017.1363408",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2017.1363408"
}