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- Title
Self-Rated Executive Function and Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Adults With Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms: A Cross-Sectional Study.
- Authors
Thastum, Mille Moeller; Schroeder, Andreas; Evald, Lars; Naess-Schmidt, Erhard; Tuborgh, Astrid; Jensen, Jens Sondergaard; Svendsen, Susanne Wulff; Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbaek; Rask, Charlotte Ulrikka
- Abstract
Objective To assess self-reported executive dysfunction in young adult patients with persistent post-concussion symptoms (PCS) 2–6 months post-injury, and the association with self-reported Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). Method This cross-sectional study carried out in a hospital setting was a secondary analysis of data from a separate randomized trial testing the effect of a novel intervention, "Get going After concussIoN " (GAIN), for persistent PCS. Patients (18–30 years) were recruited from a clinical cohort of patients with a hospital diagnosis of concussion or referred by primary care physicians. Main measures were The Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function—Adult Version providing two index scores, that is, the Metacognitive Index (MI) and the Behavioural Regulation Index (BRI), and the Quality of Life after Brain Injury—Overall Scale. Results Compared with normative data, patients had elevated scores (i.e. worse functioning) on both the MI and the BRI. In linear regression analysis, the MI score, but not the BRI score, was negatively associated with self-reported HRQoL (MI: slope = −.27, 95% confidence interval, CI [−.53, −.02], p = .03; BRI: slope = −.19, 95% CI [−.49,.13], p = .24), suggesting a positive association of subjective executive dysfunction and lower HRQoL. However, the association was attenuated after adjustment for self-reported psychological distress (MI: slope = −.09, 95% CI [−.34,.17], p = .51). Conclusion Self-reported executive dysfunction is common in young adult patients with persistent PCS, but not strongly associated with decreased HRQoL after adjusting for concurrent psychological distress.
- Subjects
QUALITY of life; YOUNG adults; EXECUTIVE function; POSTCONCUSSION syndrome; BRAIN concussion; CROSS-sectional method; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
- Publication
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2022, Vol 37, Issue 4, p762
- ISSN
0887-6177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/arclin/acab091