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INCOG recommendations for management of cognition following traumatic brain injury, part I: posttraumatic amnesia/delirium.
J Head Trauma Rehabil
April 2015
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Traumatic Brain Injury Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Australia (Drs Ponsford and Tate); School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University and Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (Dr Ponsford); National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University and the Alfred Hospital (Dr Ponsford); Lawson Health Research Institute, St Joseph's Parkwood Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada (Mss Janzen and McIntyre); Neuro Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Dr Bayley); Neuropsychology, Acquired Brain Injury Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Dr Velikonja); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (Dr Velikonja); Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute, Sydney Medical School - Northern, University of Sydney, Australia (Dr Tate); and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Australia (Dr Velikonja).
Introduction: After traumatic brain injury (TBI) and emergence from coma, the majority of people experience posttraumatic amnesia (PTA), characterized by confusion, disorientation, retrograde and anterograde amnesia, poor attention, and sometimes agitation and delusions. An international team of researchers and clinicians developed recommendations for assessment and management of PTA.
Methods: The experts met to select recommendations, then reviewed literature to ensure they were current.
Measuring community integration after spinal cord injury: validation of the Sydney psychosocial reintegration scale and community integration measure.
Qual Life Res
October 2010
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, 59 Charles Street, Ryde, NSW 2112, Australia.
Objectives: To evaluate the reliability, validity, sensitivity to change, and clinical usefulness of the Sydney Psychosocial Reintegration Scale (SPRS) and Community Integration Measure (CIM) for people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Methods: A sample of 58 people with recent traumatic SCI was followed up at 12 months post-discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. The SPRS, CIM, Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique (CHART) and SF-6D Health Utility Scale (SF-6D) were administered.
Interventions for apathy after traumatic brain injury.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
April 2009
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, P.O. Box 6, Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1680.
Background: Apathy is a deficiency in overt behavioural, emotional and cognitive components of goal-directed behaviour. It is a common occurrence after traumatic brain injury (TBI), with widespread impact. We have systematically reviewed studies examining the effectiveness of interventions for apathy in the TBI population.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychological treatment for anxiety in people with traumatic brain injury.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
July 2007
University of Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Rehabilitation Studies Unit, PO Box 6, Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1680.
Background: Psychological treatments are commonly used in the management of anxiety. Certain types of psychological treatments are well suited to needs of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). We have systematically reviewed studies examining the effectiveness of these approaches for TBI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessing support needs for people with traumatic brain injury: the Care and Needs Scale (CANS).
Brain Inj
May 2004
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Background: After traumatic brain injury (TBI), many individuals have support needs, but the variety, frequency and intensity of such needs vary widely. Currently available scales do not assess all facets of required supports and the eight-category Care and Needs Scale (CANS) was developed in order to capture the range of support needs. The aim of the present study was to examine the sensitivity and validity of the CANS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIs there evidence of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in undergraduate nursing students' patient assessments?
Int J Nurs Pract
June 2004
Rehabilitation Nursing Research and Development Unit, University of Western Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
This paper reports on a secondary analysis of undergraduate nursing students' patient assessments while on clinical placement in a rehabilitation setting in search of evidence of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). It describes the evolution of the original World Health Organization's International Classification of Impairment, Disability and Handicap into the ICF. Data was analysed using the ICF categories of function, activity, participation, environmental factors and personal factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeasuring psychosocial recovery after brain injury: change versus competency.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
April 2004
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Ryde, Australia.
Objectives: To determine the psychometric properties of an alternative form of the Sydney Psychosocial Reintegration Scale (SPRS) that focuses on competency of functioning (Form B) as opposed to the original form that examines change from the premorbid level (Form A).
Design: Descriptive correlational study. Ratings were made by 2 treating clinicians on patients at discharge and 1 week later by using Forms A and B of the SPRS.
A framework for the role of Registered Nurses in the specialty practice of rehabilitation nursing in Australia.
J Adv Nurs
August 2002
Rehabilitation Nursing Research and Development Unit, University of Western Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Aim Of The Study: This study sought to explore systematically the role of Registered Nurses working in rehabilitation in Australia.
Background: Rehabilitation has been identified as an important aspect of health care. However, evidence of a comprehensive investigation of the nurses' role in rehabilitation cannot be found.
Resolution of disorientation and amnesia during post-traumatic amnesia.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
February 2000
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Australia.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate the sequence of resolution of disorientation and amnesia in patients with post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) after traumatic brain injury, and how different measurement methods might affect the duration of PTA.
- Daily examinations were conducted on 31 severely injured patients until they emerged from PTA, using a composite PTA scale and dividing them into two groups based on the memory assessment method.
- Results showed that amnesia typically resolved before disorientation in 94% of cases, but there was variability in PTA duration influenced by the measurement method, raising concerns about the validity of how PTA is assessed.
On-road assessment of driving competence after brain impairment: review of current practice and recommendations for a standardized examination.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
October 1998
Rehabilitation Studies Unit, University of Sydney and Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney, Australia.
Objective: To examine the approaches to on-road assessment of driver competence in persons with brain impairment. Items examined were procedures, standardization, scoring methods, equipment requirements, and determination of fitness to drive.
Data Sources: All studies identified through citation or Medline search.