Publications by authors named "H B Forchhammer"
Aim: To develop and validate a prediction model for disability among young patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) after the acute phase.
Methods: Within a nationwide cohort of 446 15-30-year-old ABI-patients, we predicted disability in terms of Glasgow Outcome Scale - Extended (GOS-E) <7 12 months after baseline assessment in outpatient neurorehabilitation clinics. We studied 22 potential predictors covering demographic and medical factors, clinical tests, and self-reported fatigue and alcohol/drug consumption.
(1) To determine patterns of return to work (RTW) after traumatic brain injury and other causes of acquired brain injury (ABI) among young adults aged 19-30 years and (2) to compare the stability of long-term labor-market attachment (LMA) to the background population. Nationwide registry-based inception cohort study of 10 years weekly data of employment status. Patients ( = 8,496) aged 19-30 years with first-ever diagnosis of TBI, stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, encephalopathy, brain tumor, or CNS infections during 1999-2015.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We estimated the annually incidence and mortality of acquired brain injury (ABI) in people aged 15-30 years during 1994-2013.
Methods: All Danes with a first-ever hospital diagnosis of ABI, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), encephalopathy, CNS-infection or brain tumour, were identified in the Danish National Patient Register. Incidence rates (IRs) and estimated annual percentage changes (EAPC) were estimated by Poisson regression.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to compare fatigue levels in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury (ABI) to healthy controls (HCs), focusing on the effects of gender, age, and education.
- Results showed that individuals with ABI experienced significantly higher fatigue (73%) compared to HCs (29%), with female patients reporting more fatigue on certain subscales.
- Age did not impact fatigue levels, and education levels revealed some differences, particularly in mental fatigue and reduced activity, but no strong patterns were consistently identified.
Introduction: Cognitive impairments are frequent in stroke. Cognitive testing is important for research, prognostication and planning in sub-acute stroke, but poses difficulties due to aphasia, hemineglect, hemiplegia and fatigue. We present the first steps towards a validation of a novel iPad-based test battery: Cognitive Assessment at Bedside for iPad (CABPad).
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