Abstract

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
To examine the relationship between traditional executive function measures and everyday competence in Spanish-speaking individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
METHODS AND PROCEDURES
Thirty-two TBI patients (24 men, eight women) with an age range of 17-59 years (mean age = 30.73 years; SD = 13.34) were administered a battery of performance-based executive function measures. Such measures included the Trail Making Test part B, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Stroop Colour Word Interference Test, Controlled Oral Word Association Test and Letter-Number Sequencing. Behavioural manifestations of executive deficits were assessed by the Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult version (BRIEF-A). Patient's everyday functioning was examined with the Patient Competency Rating Scale (PCRS).
MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS
Traditional performance-based executive measures correlated significantly, although moderately, with the PCRS; this relationship was more significant in the Controlled Oral Word Association Test and Trail Making Test part B. A significant correlation was obtained between the BRIEF-A clinical scales and patient's everyday competence as measured by the PCRS.
CONCLUSIONS
The current findings suggest that traditional performance-based executive measures reveal some degree of ecological validity or real-world relevance, providing relevant information for predicting everyday competence after moderate-to-severe TBI.

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Authors

García-Molina A, Tormos JM, Bernabeu M, Junqué C, Roig-Rovira T

Institution

Institut Universitari de Neurorehabilitació Guttmann-UAB, Badalona, Spain. agarciam@guttmann.com

Source

Brain injury : [BI] 26:6 2012 pg 864-74

MeSH

Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Adult
Brain Injuries
Cognition Disorders
Comprehension
Executive Function
Female
Glasgow Coma Scale
Humans
Language
Male
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index
Spain
Young Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22583177