Predicting military readiness using objective and subjective indices of neuropsychological impairment in service members with mild traumatic brain injury
| Autor: | Hind A. Beydoun, Brick Johnstone, Kathryn G. Ramsey, Elizabeth Lesniak, Christine Brady |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050103 clinical psychology
Traumatic brain injury 05 social sciences Neuropsychology Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Service member Neuropsychological Tests medicine.disease Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health nervous system diseases Military Personnel Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology nervous system Brain Injuries Traumatic Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans Disabled Persons 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Brain Concussion Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Applied Neuropsychology: Adult. 29:1152-1159 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9109 2327-9095 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23279095.2020.1855588 |
| Popis: | The military is interested in identifying factors to improve the readiness of service members with traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI outcome studies have primarily used objective neuropsychological data interpreted using the absolute level of functioning (i.e., high average, average, low average), though research suggests it is also important to consider other objective indices of the relative degree of decline (e.g., mild, moderate, severe) and subjective complaints. The current study determined the predictive ability of objective indices of neuropsychological functioning (i.e., absolute level and the relative degree of decline) and subjective complaints (i.e., Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory) in terms of military work status (i.e., return to duty, medically disabled, retired) for 113 service members with mild TBI. ANOVAs and post-hoc tests indicated individuals who were able to return to duty had higher absolute indices and lower relative decline scores in working memory and overall intelligence, as well as lower subjective neuropsychological complaints when compared to those who were disabled or retired. Multinomial logistic regression models generally supported these findings, except relative decline scores were not predictive of military work status likely due to issues of collinearity (i.e., relative decline scores are calculated using absolute scores). In conclusion, indices of absolute functioning and subjective neuropsychological impairments appear to be predictors of the ability to return to duty post-TBI in military populations, emphasizing the need to focus on cognitive reserve and emotional resilience as potential interventions. |
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