Edith Botchway-Commey, Nicholas P Ryan, Vicki Anderson, Cathy Catroppa
{"title":"Exploring emotional distress symptom clusters in young adults with childhood traumatic brain injury.","authors":"Edith Botchway-Commey, Nicholas P Ryan, Vicki Anderson, Cathy Catroppa","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2375803","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2375803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Depression, anxiety, and stress are persistent and co-occurring symptoms in survivors of childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI), and often impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This paper explored emotional distress symptom clusters and associated factors in young adults with childhood TBI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included 54 young adults who sustained mild (<i>n</i> = 14), moderate (<i>n</i> = 27), and severe (<i>n</i> = 13) childhood TBI, at 20 years post-injury. The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale was administered. Cluster group membership was identified using two-step clustering and hierarchical clustering methods, and associated factors were assessed with multiple regression models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two symptom cluster groups were identified, including a <i>No Distress (n = </i>66%) and an <i>Elevated Distress (n = </i>33%) group<i>,</i> with the latter showing significantly higher symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress (all <i>p</i> < .001). Elevated Distress group membership was linked to tobacco use and poor sleep quality, while poor HRQoL was associated with younger age at injury and Elevated Distress group membership.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Using cluster methodology, we showed that one-third of young adults with childhood TBI had elevated emotional distress symptoms. This underscores the complex emotional profile of this subgroup and the need for assessment, analysis, and treatment methods that target a range of symptoms rather than relying on single-diagnostic protocols.</p><p><strong>Abbreviations: </strong><b>ANOVA:</b> Analysis of Variance; <b>CT:</b> Computed Tomography; <b>DASS:</b> Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; <b>GCS:</b> Glasgow Coma Scale; <b>HREC:</b> Human Research Ethics Committee; <b>HRQoL:</b> Health-Related Quality of Life; <b>IBM:</b> International Business Machines Corporation; <b>MRI:</b> Magnetic Resonance Imaging; <b>PTA:</b> Post-Traumatic Amnesia; <b>QoL:</b> Quality of Life; <b>QOLIBRI:</b> Quality of Life after Brain Injury Scale; <b>REDCap:</b> Research Electronic Data Capture; <b>SES:</b> Socioeconomic Status; <b>SPSS:</b> Statistical Package for the Social Sciences; <b>TBI:</b> Traumatic Brain Injury.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Salazar-Frías, María Rodríguez-Bailón, Giorgia Ricchetti, Alba Navarro-Egido, Macarena de Los Santos, María Jesús Funes
{"title":"Training to deal with distractions and conflicting situations in activities of daily living after traumatic brain injury (TBI): Preliminary evidence from a single-case experimental design study.","authors":"Daniel Salazar-Frías, María Rodríguez-Bailón, Giorgia Ricchetti, Alba Navarro-Egido, Macarena de Los Santos, María Jesús Funes","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2375495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2375495","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03958487.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141621827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Belger, Marie Blume, Mert Akbal, Paul Chojecki, Jeroen de Mooij, Michael Gaebler, Felix Klotzsche, Stephan Krohn, Mustafa Tevfik Lafci, Eva Quinque, Johanne Tromp, Arno Villringer, Carsten Finke, Angelika Thöne-Otto
{"title":"The immersive virtual memory task: Assessing object-location memory in neurological patients using immersive virtual reality.","authors":"Julia Belger, Marie Blume, Mert Akbal, Paul Chojecki, Jeroen de Mooij, Michael Gaebler, Felix Klotzsche, Stephan Krohn, Mustafa Tevfik Lafci, Eva Quinque, Johanne Tromp, Arno Villringer, Carsten Finke, Angelika Thöne-Otto","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2256957","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2256957","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>German Clinical Trials Register identifier: DRKS00024005.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41163684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Too tired to think: Relationship between post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognition in a veteran sample.","authors":"Deborah Radmanesh, Eric Powell, Hanh Trinh","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2244159","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2244159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>COVID-19 survivors often endorse persistent physical and neuropsychiatric problems following disease recovery, a phenomenon described as \"long COVID.\" Research exploring long-COVID continues to evolve in large-scale studies but remains limited among smaller populations (e.g., veterans). We explored the relationship between persistent post-COVID-19 fatigue and cognition among a sample of 246 veterans who voluntarily enrolled in a COVID-19 Convalescence Programme and completed a mental health evaluation of post-illness mood (depression, anxiety, PTSD), cognition (subjective complaints, Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status [TICS-M] performance), fatigue, pain, and sleep. In concert with our hypotheses, subjective cognitive complaints are not significantly correlated with TICS-M performance, but rather are strongly correlated with long-COVID fatigue. Although cognitive changes are common post-COVID complaints, these are likely better predicted by other factors, (e.g., fatigue, mood, pain, and sleep disruption). Furthermore, comorbid mood, sleep, and pain complaints appeared to mediate the relationship between subjective cognitive complaints and fatigue. Limitations to this study included use of retrospective chart review data, limited access to pre-disease data for comparison, and lack of healthy controls. Clinicians should consider the impact of modifiable conditions associated with cognitive and functional decline, as these conditions may be targets for interdisciplinary treatment in a long-COVID veteran population.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10006551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather A Shepherd, Ashley T Kolstad, Jeffrey G Caron, Nick Reed, Keith Owen Yeates, Kathryn J Schneider, Amanda M Black, Carolyn A Emery
{"title":"Unravelling the web: Experiences of adolescents returning to school following a concussion.","authors":"Heather A Shepherd, Ashley T Kolstad, Jeffrey G Caron, Nick Reed, Keith Owen Yeates, Kathryn J Schneider, Amanda M Black, Carolyn A Emery","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236776","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2236776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>One in five adolescents will sustain a concussion in their lifetime. A concussion may result in symptoms that affect an adolescent's ability to attend school and engage in learning tasks. This study was guided by interpretivism. We conducted one-on-one semi-structured interviews to explore the perspectives of 20 adolescents (ages 14-18) returning to school after a concussion. Interviews were coded inductively and analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. Five interconnected themes emerged with returning to school and accessing school supports: (1) concussion symptoms affected adolescents' schoolwork; (2) access to academic accommodations eased adolescents' return to school; (3) having supportive and understanding friends, family, and teachers facilitated adolescents' return to school; (4) communication amongst school stakeholders was desired, but often lacking; and (5) feeling anxious, frustrated, and sad with the return to school process. Adolescents' experiences were multifaceted and many factors contributed to their return to school experiences. Our findings can inform our understanding of the experiences of adolescents returning to school following concussion and can inform the development of concussion management supports at schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9931095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigating premotor reaching biases after prism adaptation.","authors":"Jasmine R Aziz, Gail A Eskes","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2247153","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2247153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prism adaptation (PA) is both a visuomotor learning task and potential treatment for spatial neglect after stroke. While PA's aftereffects can improve neglect symptoms, therapeutic benefits vary across individuals, possibly due to differences in neglect subtypes. Neglect symptoms can be described along an information processing pathway, yielding perceptual (input) and premotor (output) neglect subtypes. There is some evidence that PA mainly benefits persons with premotor neglect. We investigated whether PA modulates the premotor stage of information processing by examining whether PA could induce a premotor bias in healthy adults. We measured perceptual and premotor biases using a speeded reach task that compares the initiation time of leftward and rightward reaches to lateralized targets from different hand start positions. Using a randomized mixed experimental design, 30 right-handed healthy adults completed this speeded reach task before and after either left-shifting (<i>n </i>= 15) or right-shifting (<i>n </i>= 15) PA. As hypothesized, left-shifting PA speeded initiation time specifically for reaches in the rightward direction, regardless of target location (<i>p </i>= .02, <i>η<sub>p</sub></i><sup>2 </sup>= .18), suggesting that PA induced a premotor bias in the direction of the prism aftereffect. These findings have implications for PA's underlying mechanisms, which can inform visuomotor learning theories and PA's use as a treatment for spatial neglect.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10088982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brenda C Lovette, Millan R Kanaya, Victoria A Grunberg, Ellen McKinnon, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Jonathan Greenberg
{"title":"\"Alone in the dark\": A qualitative study of treatment experiences among young adults with a recent concussion and anxiety.","authors":"Brenda C Lovette, Millan R Kanaya, Victoria A Grunberg, Ellen McKinnon, Ana-Maria Vranceanu, Jonathan Greenberg","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2238950","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2238950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Young adults with anxiety are vulnerable to developing persistent symptoms following concussions. In order to develop psychosocial interventions to prevent persistent post-concussion symptoms, we need to understand patients' 1) experiences with treatments offered by health care providers; 2) experiences with attempted concussion management strategies; and 3) needs after their injury.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted in-depth interviews with 17 young adults with recent (≤ 10 weeks) concussions who have at least mild anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment-7 ≥ 5). We used a hybrid deductive-inductive approach to thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings provide insight into recommended treatments (e.g., active/avoidant strategies, accommodations, referrals), attempted strategies (e.g., lifestyle changes, pacing, relationships, acceptance-based coping skills), and patient needs (e.g., education, accommodations, referrals for cognitive and emotional skills). Participants frequently expressed that treatment recommendations were confusing and difficult to implement. They initiated non-prescribed strategies that helped promote recovery and expressed a desire for more interdisciplinary treatment and education on concussions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients' perceptions of health care provider recommendations after concussions did not fully meet patients' perceived needs. Young adults with concussions and anxiety would benefit from more education, guidance, and psychosocial and rehabilitation services. Addressing these gaps may help align treatments with patients' needs and therefore help optimize their recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10818011/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9931140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marilien C Marzolla, Hella Thielen, Petra Hurks, Lex Borghans, Caroline van Heugten
{"title":"Qualitative data on triggers and coping of sensory hypersensitivity in acquired brain injury patients: A proposed model.","authors":"Marilien C Marzolla, Hella Thielen, Petra Hurks, Lex Borghans, Caroline van Heugten","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2242616","DOIUrl":"10.1080/09602011.2023.2242616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sensory hypersensitivity (SHS) is a frequently heard complaint after acquired brain injury (ABI) and is related to reduced quality of life and physical and mental health. This study aimed to identify triggers for SHS after ABI and investigate how individuals cope with SHS. Nineteen adults with ABI took part in 45-min individual interviews. Data were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Inductive thematic analysis revealed five themes: (1) <i>A mismatch between resources and demands</i>, (2) <i>Altered experience of ordinary stimuli,</i> (3) <i>It affects all aspects of living</i>, (4) <i>Avoid, approach, accept,</i> (5) <i>It's highly heterogeneous</i>. A model explaining the impact of triggers on subjective SHS after ABI is proposed, which states that SHS arises from a mismatch between the demands of a sensory environment (triggers) and the available biopsychosocial resources of an individual to meet these demands. The elicited SHS can affect and be affected by levels of fatigue, which limits the resources and creates a loop. Coping strategies can act on various stages of this model, i.e., to reduce the mismatch and potentially alter the loop. This model can contribute to the identification of mechanisms behind SHS in ABI patients and other populations, ultimately leading to evidence-based treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10200255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chantal A V Geusgens, Debbie C H van Tilburg, Britt Fleischeuer, Jessica Bruijel
{"title":"The relation between insomnia and depression in the subacute phase after stroke.","authors":"Chantal A V Geusgens, Debbie C H van Tilburg, Britt Fleischeuer, Jessica Bruijel","doi":"10.1080/09602011.2024.2370072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2024.2370072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prevalence rates for both depression and insomnia the first year after stroke are around 30%, significantly impacting the prospects of recovery, rehabilitation, and quality of life. Furthermore, the risk of insomnia and depression becoming chronic is high in the subacute phase post-stroke. This cross-sectional observational study investigated whether insomnia and depression are related in the subacute phase post-stroke, using validated instruments. Sixty-six outpatient stroke survivors participated. Depression was measured using the depression subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-D) and insomnia severity with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI). A multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the association between the dependent variable post-stroke depression and the independent variables insomnia and pre-stroke depression treatment. Results showed that insomnia (<i>β</i> = 0.48, <i>t </i>= 4.40, <i>p </i>< 0.001) and pre-stroke depression treatment (<i>β</i> = 0.24, <i>t </i>= 2.28, <i>p </i>= 0.026) were both significant predictors of depression. Participants with more insomnia complaints and participants with pre-stroke depression treatment had more depression symptoms post-stroke. Therefore, it is important to be alert in the subacute phase post-stroke of both, insomnia and depression complaints.</p>","PeriodicalId":54729,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychological Rehabilitation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141472735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}