Predicting community integration after traumatic brain injury with neuropsychological measures

Abstract

A neuropsychological test battery was administered to 23 subjects with traumatic brain injury during initial in-patient rehabilitation who were participating in the national Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems study. Trails B and the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test total scores obtained during inpatient rehabilitation were significantly correlated with the Community Integration Questionnaire total score that was administered at one year postinjury. These findings suggest that performances on tests of cognitive speed and flexibility, complex attention, and memory during the acute phase of recovery may be useful for the later prediction of “real world” behavior and psychosocial outcome after one year postinjury.

Key Words:

• brain injury
• community integration