Neuropsychological rehabilitation in patients with traumatic brain injury due to cerebral damage
| Autor: | María del Carmen Olarte |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Italian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | INFAD, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 459-470 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0214-9877 2603-5987 |
| DOI: | 10.17060/ijodaep.2019.n1.v5.1628 |
| Popis: | Brain damages caused by traffic accidents and falls are the most common cases causing intracerebral lesions, focal or diffuse with memory alterations in most of the aetiologies, producing a huge impact on patient’s life: memory loss, issues to retain information and lack of concentration; which require appropriate strategies and techniques in the rehabilitation process after clinical intervention. Test Sample: 20 years-old woman diagnosed with Traumatic brain injury due to a home accident, given a pharmacological treatment and showing retrograde amnesia, lack of concentration, stress, anxiety and emotional problems even 2 years after injury. Proposed objective was to improve patience’s personal performance and relationships with her family, work and social environments, focusing on the restoration of any altered functions. Methodology: Sixteen group sessions and four individual sessions of two hours each per week involving adults with cognitive impairment. Individual neuropsychological assessment: Minimental-State Examination, Neuropsi Test, Frontal Assessment Battery, Intellectual Ability’s Quick Assessment, Barsit. Intervention Techniques: Relaxation using thematic imagination; restorative approach strategies based on specific activities; compensatory approach strategies in self-regulation and metacognitive use of amnestic keys, new learning acquisitions; significant and vital goals and psychoeducation. Conclusions: Memory alterations due to retrograde dementia, affected by inability to remember events that occurred before of the Traumatic brain injury (TBI); improved considerably as well as the semantic and episodic memory; balance restoration of decision-making executive functions, planning processes and goals achievement. Group sessions allowed to acquire new anti-stress and anxiety techniques as well as good management of emotions. |
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