Publications by authors named "L J Rapport"
Objective: To examine the experience of menopause symptoms in women with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting: Five sites of the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) program.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI) return to driving (RTD) and their driving habits over a two-year period following rehabilitation.
- Results show that 65% of participants returned to driving one year post-injury, increasing to 70% by the second year, but driving frequency and distance were lower than before the injury.
- Crash rates dropped from 14.9% before the injury to 9.9% in the first year and 6% in the second year, suggesting ongoing risks, but the study indicates that TBI patients may already be at a higher risk for crashes prior to their injuries.
Objective: Pupillometry provides information about physiological and psychological processes related to cognitive load, familiarity, and deception, and it is outside of conscious control. This study examined pupillary dilation patterns during a performance validity test (PVT) among adults with true and feigned impairment of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Participants And Methods: Participants were 214 adults in three groups: adults with bona fide moderate to severe TBI (TBI; = 51), healthy comparisons instructed to perform their best (HC; = 72), and healthy adults instructed and incentivized to simulate cognitive impairment due to TBI (SIM; = 91).
Article Synopsis
- More women with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are surviving longer, but there isn't much information about their experiences with menopause symptoms.
- Researchers created and tested a new way to measure these symptoms specifically for midlife women with TBI.
- The new scale worked well for both women with TBI and those without, helping to understand the differences between pre-menopause and post-menopause symptoms.
Objective: To examine the extent to which three sociobehavioral proxies of cognitive reserve-years of education, education quality, and cognitive enrichment-differ in their prediction of cognitive performance among Black and White people with MS (PwMS).
Methods: 82 PwMS (Black n = 41, White n = 41) underwent a neurological examination and a neuropsychological evaluation that included tests of word recognition (Wechsler Test of Adult Reading) as well as measures of verbal memory, visuospatial memory, and processing speed (the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS; BICAMS). Participants rated their lifetime engagement in various cognitively-enriching activities (Cognitive Reserve Scale).