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Who benefits? Outcome following a coping skills group intervention for traumatically brain injured individuals

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Pages 1-13 | Received 11 Apr 2005, Accepted 11 Aug 2005, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Primary objective: To investigate the variables associated with positive psychological outcome following a group intervention for 33 individuals with traumatic brain injury.

Research design: Evaluation study which used multiple regression analysis to examine the variables associated with change in psychological adjustment following a 10-session cognitive behaviour therapy-based group.

Methods and procedures: The predictor variables were age at injury, time since injury, injury severity, self-awareness, pre-morbid intellectual function, memory function, executive function and level of depression and anxiety prior to intervention.

Main outcomes and results: The predictor variables contributed a significant proportion of the variance in percentage change in depression. The major finding was that better outcomes following intervention were associated with greater self-awareness of injury-related deficits.

Conclusions: The present study identified a number of variables that were associated with improvement in depression following psychological intervention and may assist future treatment resources to be directed most effectively.

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