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Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome
BACKGROUND: It is well-known that severe brain injury can make people susceptible to psychological symptoms. However, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is still open for discussion. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare psychological symptoms of MTBI patients with those without MTBI considering d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703960 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/atr.29729 |
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author | Shafiei, Elham Fakharian, Esmaeil Omidi, Abdollah Akbari, Hossein Delpisheh, Ali |
author_facet | Shafiei, Elham Fakharian, Esmaeil Omidi, Abdollah Akbari, Hossein Delpisheh, Ali |
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description | BACKGROUND: It is well-known that severe brain injury can make people susceptible to psychological symptoms. However, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is still open for discussion. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare psychological symptoms of MTBI patients with those without MTBI considering demographic auxiliary variables. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This prospective cohort study was conducted on 50 MTBI patients and 50 healthy subjects aged 15 - 65 years. Psychological assessment was carried out six months post-injury using a series of self-report measures including the brief symptom inventory (BSI) scale. Other information of the individuals in the two groups was recorded prospectively. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test, t-test, and multiple linear regression tests. RESULTS: There was a significant difference between the MTBI patients and healthy subjects in all subscales and total score of BSI. Our findings showed that obsession-compulsion and anxiety subscales were significantly more common in the MTBI patients than in the healthy subjects. Also, multivariate regression analysis six months post- injury showed that head trauma and substance abuse can have an effect on psychological symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Mild traumatic brain injuries despite of the normal CT scan and history of substance abuse are closely related to psychological symptoms. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with brain trauma 6 months post-injury and subjects with a history of substance abuse be evaluated for psychological distress to support better rehabilitation. |
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spelling | pubmed-50381542016-10-04 Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome Shafiei, Elham Fakharian, Esmaeil Omidi, Abdollah Akbari, Hossein Delpisheh, Ali Arch Trauma Res Research Article BACKGROUND: It is well-known that severe brain injury can make people susceptible to psychological symptoms. However, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is still open for discussion. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare psychological symptoms of MTBI patients with those without MTBI considering demographic auxiliary variables. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This prospective cohort study was conducted on 50 MTBI patients and 50 healthy subjects aged 15 - 65 years. Psychological assessment was carried out six months post-injury using a series of self-report measures including the brief symptom inventory (BSI) scale. Other information of the individuals in the two groups was recorded prospectively. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test, t-test, and multiple linear regression tests. RESULTS: There was a significant difference between the MTBI patients and healthy subjects in all subscales and total score of BSI. Our findings showed that obsession-compulsion and anxiety subscales were significantly more common in the MTBI patients than in the healthy subjects. Also, multivariate regression analysis six months post- injury showed that head trauma and substance abuse can have an effect on psychological symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: Mild traumatic brain injuries despite of the normal CT scan and history of substance abuse are closely related to psychological symptoms. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with brain trauma 6 months post-injury and subjects with a history of substance abuse be evaluated for psychological distress to support better rehabilitation. Kowsar 2016-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5038154/ /pubmed/27703960 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/atr.29729 Text en Copyright © 2016, Kashan University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Shafiei, Elham Fakharian, Esmaeil Omidi, Abdollah Akbari, Hossein Delpisheh, Ali Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome |
title | Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome |
title_full | Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome |
title_fullStr | Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome |
title_short | Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Demographic Factors on Psychological Outcome |
title_sort | effect of mild traumatic brain injury and demographic factors on psychological outcome |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038154/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703960 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/atr.29729 |
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