Multicenter Study of Sexual Functioning in Spouses/Partners of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To investigate sexual functioning and its predictors in spouses/partners of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Inception cohort survey.

Setting: Community.

Dependency aspect of caregiver burden is uniquely related to cognitive impairment in Veterans.

The psychosocial toll of caring for an individual with dementia is an important, if understudied, concept. For practitioners and researchers alike, understanding the relation between patient characteristics and different facets of caregiver burden is important for guiding treatment and prevention efforts. The current study analyzed the dimensions of caregiver burden and the relation between caregiver burden and results of neuropsychological testing.

Accuracy of self-reported length of coma and posttraumatic amnesia in persons with medically verified traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To determine the accuracy of self-reported length of coma and posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) in persons with medically verified traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to investigate factors that affect self-report of length of coma and PTA duration.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Specialized rehabilitation center with inpatient and outpatient programs.

Clinician versus Veteran ratings on the Mayo-Portland Participation Index in veterans with a history of mild traumatic brain injury.

Background: The Department of Veterans Affairs is encouraging administration of the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 Participation Index (M2PI) to identify long-term psychosocial outcomes of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Objective: To evaluate clinician and Veteran interrater reliability and how response validity influences M2PI item ratings.

Participants: A total of 122 OEF/OIF/OND Veterans who reported a history consistent with mild TBI during deployment and were referred for neuropsychological evaluation following Comprehensive TBI Evaluation.

Predictors of sexual functioning and satisfaction 1 year following traumatic brain injury: a TBI model systems multicenter study.

Objective: To investigate predictors of sexual functioning 1 year following traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Community.

Preinjury coping, emotional functioning, and quality of life following uncomplicated and complicated mild traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To identify preinjury coping profiles among adults with uncomplicated mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and complicated mTBI and to determine whether preinjury coping profiles contribute to the prediction of emotional functioning and quality of life (QOL) 3 months post-mTBI.

Participants: One hundred eighty-seven persons with medically documented mTBI (uncomplicated mTBI, n = 89; complicated mTBI, n = 98) were recruited from the emergency center of a level I trauma center and followed in community 3 months post-mTBI.

Measures: The Ways of Coping Questionnaire was administered within 2 weeks of injury.

Sexual functioning 1 year after traumatic brain injury: findings from a prospective traumatic brain injury model systems collaborative study.

Objective: To investigate the incidence and types of sexual difficulties in men and women with traumatic brain injury (TBI) 1 year after injury, as well as their comfort level in discussing problems with health care professionals.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Community.

Relationship of caregiver and family functioning to participation outcomes after postacute rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury: a multicenter investigation.

Objective: To investigate the contribution of caregiver emotional functioning and family functioning to participation outcomes after postacute rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Three postacute comprehensive-integrated postacute rehabilitation programs associated with National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research-funded TBI Model Systems Centers.

Factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in OEF/OIF veterans presenting to a polytrauma clinic.

Objective: A significant number of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans are returning from deployment and presenting to Veterans Health Administration (VHA) polytrauma clinics with elevated rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Inherent to the accurate assessment and treatment of this diagnostically complex group of veterans is the assumption that the construct of PTSD is the same in this population as in other trauma groups. To our knowledge, no previous study has examined the structure of PTSD in this relevant and fast-growing population of treatment-seeking OEF/OIF veterans.