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Impact of acquired brain injury towards the community integration: employment outcome, disability and dependence two years after injury

P. Luna-Lario, N. Ojeda, J. Tirapu-Ustárroz, J. Peña [REV NEUROL 2016;62:539-548] PMID: 27270675 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.6212.2016034

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Volumen 62 | Number 12 | Nº of views of the article 7.993 | Nº of PDF downloads 755 | Article publication date 16/06/2016

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ABSTRACT

AIMS. To analyze the impact of acquired brain injury towards the community integration (professional career, disability, and dependence) in a sample of people affected by vascular, traumatic and tumor etiology acquired brain damage, over a two year time period after the original injury, and also to examine what sociodemographic variables, premorbid and injury related clinical data can predict the level of the person’s integration into the community.

PATIENTS AND METHODS 106 adults sample suffering from acquired brain injury who were attended by the Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry Department at Hospital of Navarra (Spain) affected by memory deficit as their main sequel. Differences among groups have been analyzed by using t by Student, chi squared and U by Mann-Whitney tests.

RESULTS 19% and 29% of the participants who were actively working before the injury got back their previous status within one and two years time respectively. 45% of the total sample were recognized disabled and 17% dependant. No relationship between sociodemographic and clinical variables and functional parameters observed were found.

CONCLUSIONS Acquired brain damage presents a high intensity impact on affected person’s life trajectory. Nevertheless, in Spain, its consequences at sociolaboral adjustment over the the two years following the damage through functional parameters analyzed with official governmental means over a vascular, traumatic and tumor etiology sample had never been studied before. KeywordsAcquired brain injury Dependence Disability Job CategoriesDependencias Neuropsicología

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