TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring perceived interactions between consequences of traumatic brain injury
AU - van den Broek, Brenda
AU - Spauwen, Peggy
AU - Ponds, Rudolf
AU - van Heugten, Caroline
AU - Bus, Boudewijn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Objective: To explore the perceived interactions between consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants: Fifteen clinicians experienced in working with patients with TBI. Methods: Participating clinicians completed an online questionnaire in which they estimated the degree to which consequences of TBI (taken from the Brief ICF Core Set for Traumatic Brain Injury) causally relate to each other. Based on these perceived interactions, a visual network was constructed and centrality measures for this network were computed. Results: The resulting network demonstrates various strong perceived causal relations between the consequences of TBI. Impairments in consciousness were perceived to most strongly cause other TBI consequences in the network. Difficulties with acquiring, keeping, and terminating a job were perceived to be most strongly caused by other TBI consequences. Difficulties in partaking in complex interpersonal interactions were also perceived to play a central role in the network. Conclusion: In the perception of clinicians, consequences of TBI interact with each other and are thus not solely a direct result of the injury. While more research is needed to map the interactions between consequences of TBI, our results could have important implications for the way we understand and treat the problems patients are faced with after TBI.
AB - Objective: To explore the perceived interactions between consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants: Fifteen clinicians experienced in working with patients with TBI. Methods: Participating clinicians completed an online questionnaire in which they estimated the degree to which consequences of TBI (taken from the Brief ICF Core Set for Traumatic Brain Injury) causally relate to each other. Based on these perceived interactions, a visual network was constructed and centrality measures for this network were computed. Results: The resulting network demonstrates various strong perceived causal relations between the consequences of TBI. Impairments in consciousness were perceived to most strongly cause other TBI consequences in the network. Difficulties with acquiring, keeping, and terminating a job were perceived to be most strongly caused by other TBI consequences. Difficulties in partaking in complex interpersonal interactions were also perceived to play a central role in the network. Conclusion: In the perception of clinicians, consequences of TBI interact with each other and are thus not solely a direct result of the injury. While more research is needed to map the interactions between consequences of TBI, our results could have important implications for the way we understand and treat the problems patients are faced with after TBI.
KW - clinicians
KW - perceived causal relations network
KW - symptomatology
KW - traumatic brain injury
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U2 - 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000601
DO - 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000601
M3 - Article
C2 - 32898026
VL - 36
SP - E209-E217
JO - Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
JF - Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
SN - 0885-9701
IS - 4
ER -