Awareness problems following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, assessment methods, and injury correlates

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 937-950

  Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^a,b,c,d   Belanger, Heather G ^a,b,c   Duchnick, Jennifer D ^a   Curtiss, Glenn ^a,b,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Brain injuries; Glasgow coma scale; Neurobehavioral manifestations; Postinjury deficits; Posttraumatic amnesia; Rehabilitation; Self awareness; TBI; Unawareness

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; POSTINJURY DEFICITS; POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA; REHABILITATION; SELF-AWARENESS; TBI; UNAWARENESS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 56649107156     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.12.0163     Document Type: Article

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