"Together is no longer completely together": Exploring the influence of social cognition problems on partner relationships following acquired brain injury.

Objective: To examine the experiences of individuals with acquired brain injury and their partners regarding the effects of social cognition problems on their relationships.

Design: Qualitative interview study.

Setting: Interviews were conducted 1 to 5 years post-injury, either in the participants' home or at a care facility in the Netherlands.

Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder after stroke: A systematic literature review.

Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has shown to be related to worse functional outcome in individuals with stroke. This systematic literature review aimed to 1) provide a comprehensive overview of the evidence of prevalence of PTSD after stroke; 2) explore possible differences in prevalence between pathogenic origin of stroke and location of lesion; and 3) explore possible differences in prevalence between method of assessment of PTSD.

Methods: A systematic literature search was performed on studies reporting on PTSD post-stroke.

Cognitive communication disorders after brain injury: A systematic COSMIN review of measurement instruments.

Background: There is a lack of consensus on standardized measurement instruments (MIs) for the assessment of cognitive communication disorders in individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Objectives: To identify and describe the currently available MIs for the assessment of cognitive communication disorders in individuals with ABI and to evaluate the psychometric properties of MIs.

Methods: A search was conducted in 6 databases on March 12, 2024 using a validated methodological search filter.

Factors Related to the Quality and Stability of Partner Relationships After Stroke: A Systematic Literature Review.

Objective: To provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on factors related to relationship quality and relationship stability after stroke.

Data Sources: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL), Embase, MEDLINE, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, APA PsycINFO, and PubMed were searched on November 15, 2022, for literature on factors associated with (1) relation quality and (2) relation stability after stroke.

Study Selection: English quantitative and qualitative studies investigating factors associated with relation quality and/or stability after stroke were included.

Exploration of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing in treating posttraumatic stress-disorder in patients with acquired brain injury: a retrospective case series.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent in people with acquired brain injury (ABI). Despite the established efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for PTSD in general, evaluation studies on EMDR in ABI patients with PTSD are limited. The aim of this study is to explore clinical features, treatment characteristics, feasibility and first indications of efficacy of EMDR in adult ABI patients with PTSD.

Exploring social cognition in individuals with neuropsychiatric symptoms following acquired brain injury.

In this study, we explored the social cognitive skills of individuals with neuropsychiatric symptoms following acquired brain injury (ABI). To this end, a retrospective chart review was carried out. We examined scores on social cognition tests that were administered as part of routine neuropsychological assessment at a Dutch specialized care facility for patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms following ABI.

[Perspectives and practices of speech therapists regarding friendships after brain injury].

Background: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a common comorbidity in the psychiatric population. Consequences of ABI, including social communication problems, negatively affect friendships. However, current speech pathology practices regarding friendships after ABI remain unknown.

Factors Related to the Quality and Stability of Partner Relationships After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Literature Review.

Objective: The latest literature review on partner relationships after traumatic brain injury (TBI), conducted a decade ago, discussed solely quantitative work and noted significant knowledge gaps. The current review updates and expands on this work by providing an overview of the current state of knowledge on factors related to relationship quality and stability after TBI.

Data Sources: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health, Embase, MEDLINE, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, APA PsycINFO, and PubMed were searched on April 23, 2020, for literature on factors associated with (1) relationship quality; and (2) relationship stability after TBI.

Comment on Laratta et al. Marital Stability and Quality of Couple Relationships after Acquired Brain Injury: A Two-Year Follow-Up Clinical Study. 2021, , 283.

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Presurgical Identification of Patients With Glioblastoma at Risk for Cognitive Impairment at 3-Month Follow-up.

Background: Pre- and postoperative cognitive deficits have repeatedly been demonstrated in patients with glioblastoma (GBM).

Objective: To identify presurgical risk factors that facilitate the identification of GBM patients at risk for postoperative cognitive impairment.

Methods: Patients underwent neuropsychological assessment using Central Nervous System Vital Signs 1 d before (T0) and 3 mo after surgery (T3).

Cognitive functioning in patients with low-grade glioma: effects of hemispheric tumor location and surgical procedure.

Objective: The authors evaluated the cognitive performance of patients with low-grade glioma (LGG) before and after surgery, and specifically investigated 1) the effects of hemispheric tumor location and 2) the type of surgery (either with or without intraoperative stimulation mapping [ISM]).

Methods: Patients underwent neuropsychological assessment 1 day before (T0) and 3 months after (T3) surgery. ISM targeted motor and/or language functions, but no other cognitive functions.

Subjective cognitive functioning in patients with a meningioma: Its course and association with objective cognitive functioning and psychological symptoms.

Objective: Although meningioma patients show deficits in objective cognitive functioning (OCF) measured with neuropsychological tests, subjective cognitive functioning (SCF) has received little attention. We investigate SCF from pre- to postsurgery and its associations with OCF, psychological, sociodemographic, and clinical characteristics.

Methods: SCF was measured using the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) 1 day before (T0) and 3 (T3) and 12 months (T12) after surgery.

Cognitive outcomes in meningioma patients undergoing surgery: individual changes over time and predictors of late cognitive functioning.

Background: Meningioma patients are known to face cognitive deficits before and after surgery. We examined individual changes in cognitive performance over time and identified preoperative predictors of cognitive functioning 12 months after surgery in a large sample of meningioma patients.

Methods: Patients underwent neuropsychological assessment (NPA) using CNS Vital Signs 1 day before (T0) and 3 (T3) and 12 (T12) months after surgery.

Lesion symptom mapping at the regional level in patients with a meningioma.

Objective: The majority of meningioma patients suffer from presurgical cognitive deficits. Since meningiomas do not directly damage the brain, this is presumably caused by a functional integrity reduction of the surrounding brain tissue through perilesional edema and/or mass effect of the tumor. Tumor location is a key feature in determining neurological symptoms in brain tumor patients, but the relationship between meningioma location and cognitive performance remains unclear.

Test-retest reliability and practice effects of a computerized neuropsychological battery: A solution-oriented approach.

This study examined test-retest reliabilities and (predictors of) practice effects of the widely used computerized neuropsychological battery CNS Vital Signs. The sample consisted of 158 Dutch healthy adults. At 3 and 12 months follow-up, 131 and 77 participants were retested.

Group Changes in Cognitive Performance After Surgery Mask Changes in Individual Patients with Glioblastoma.

Background: There is a growing interest to include evaluations of cognitive performance in the clinical management of patients with glioblastoma (GBM). However, as changes in cognitive performance of a group may mask changes in individual patients, study results are often difficult to transfer into clinical practice. We focused on the comparison of group versus individual changes in neuropsychological performance of patients with GBM after initial surgical treatment.

Evaluation of Normative Data of a Widely Used Computerized Neuropsychological Battery: Applicability and Effects of Sociodemographic Variables in a Dutch Sample.

Central Nervous System Vital Signs (CNS VS) is a computerized neuropsychological battery that is translated into many languages. However, published CNS VS' normative data were established over a decade ago, are solely age-corrected, and collected in an American population only. Mean performance of healthy Dutch participants on CNS VS was compared with the original CNS VS norms ( = 1,069), and effects of sociodemographic variables were examined.