ABSTRACT
Demographic and functional data were obtained on 102 patients from three subacute rehabilitation units specializing in low-level traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Functional assessment evaluation was performed using the Disability Rating Scale (DRS). The average admission and discharge DRS scores were 17.4 and 13.6, respectively. On average this patient population improved from an extremely severe level of disability to a severe level. The TBI patient subset improved on average from 20.4 to 13.1. Significant correlation exists between admission, discharge, and differential DRS scores, as has been demonstrated previously in the evaluation of this scale among only TBI patients. No significant correlation was demonstrated between demographic information and DRS scores. Thus, no demographic predictors of good or bad functional outcome were identified. In addition, analyses of relationships between diagnosis, length of stay, and age will provide information about subactute rehabilitation, an emerging but little-studied branch of rehabilitation medicine.
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Brain Damage, Chronic/rehabilitation , Brain Injuries/rehabilitation , Disability Evaluation , Activities of Daily Living/classification , Activities of Daily Living/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Brain Damage, Chronic/diagnosis , Brain Damage, Chronic/psychology , Brain Injuries/diagnosis , Brain Injuries/psychology , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Glasgow Coma Scale , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Neurologic Examination , Neuropsychological Tests , Prognosis , Rehabilitation Centers , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
In the work we present in this article, we examined the contaminating effects of trait negative affectivity (TNA) on the relations between social support and psychological distress among college undergraduates. In the first study, it was suspected that controlling for TNA would substantially alter the associations between social support (as measured by the Social Provisions Scale) and depression at the initial assessment and later with negative mood prior to a course examination. Actual results from cross-sectional hierarchical regression analyses revealed that controlling for TNA reduced--but did not nullify--associations between reassurance of worth support and depression. TNA did not mediate the relation of reliable alliance support to state NA measured 2 weeks later prior to a course examination. Finally, a second study controlling for TNA found reassurance of worth support remained a significant prospective predictor of depression during the week of final examinations. Results are integrated with theoretical and measurement issues in social support research.
