Predictors of longitudinal depression trajectories after traumatic brain injury in Latin America: A multi-site study.

Autor: Cariello, Anna N., Perrin, Paul B., Agudelo, Yaneth Rodriguez, Olivera Plaza, Silvia Leonor, Quijano-Martínez, Maria Cristina, Trujillo, Michael A., Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos, Begali, Vivian
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Zdroj: NeuroRehabilitation; 2020, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p205-212, 8p, 1 Chart, 1 Graph
Abstrakt: BACKGROUND: Latin America has exceptionally high rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI), but very little research has been conducted on longitudinal TBI outcomes in this global region. OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether cognitive dysfunction and social disadaptation in individuals with TBI in Latin America at hospital discharge predict longitudinal trajectories of depression at baseline, 2 months, and 4 months. METHODS: A sample of 109 people with a new TBI was recruited from three hospitals: Mexico City, Mexico, Cali, Colombia and Neiva, Colombia. Participants completed measures of cognitive dysfunction and social disadaptation before hospital discharge and measures of depression at baseline, 2 months, and 4 months. RESULTS: Results suggested that depression scores were found to decrease over time in a quadratic (or U-shaped) fashion, and more significant cognitive dysfunction at hospital discharge was associated with higher longitudinal depression trajectories. Social disadaptation did not exert a unique effect on depression trajectories after controlling for cognitive dysfunction. Depression trajectories changed differentially over time as a function of baseline cognitive dysfunction, such that for those with high cognitive impairment, depression scores started high and then dropped to a moderated range and plateaued, but for individuals with low cognitive dysfunction, depression scores started lower and decreased linearly but moderately. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest a strong need for neuropsychological assessments and evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation strategies to be implemented immediately after TBI in Latin America, which could exert salubrious effects on depression trajectories over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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