RT Journal Article
T1 Effectiveness of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation for Spanish population with acquired brain injury measured using Rasch analysis.
A1 Caracuel, A
A1 Cuberos-Urbano, G
A1 Santiago-Ramajo, S
A1 Vilar-Lopez, R
A1 Coín-Megias, M A
A1 Verdejo-García, A
A1 Pérez-García, M
K1 Acquired brain injury
K1 Stroke
K1 Traumatic brain injury
K1 Holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation
K1 Outcome measures
K1 Rasch analysis
K1 Evaluación de la discapacidad
K1 Grupo de ascendencia continental europea
K1 Femenino
K1 Humanos
K1 Masculino
K1 Mediana edad
K1 Pruebas neuropsicológicas
K1 España
K1 Resultado del tratamiento
K1 Traumatismos encefálicos
AB INTRODUCTIONThe Rasch model is increasingly used in the field of rehabilitation because it improves the accuracy of measurements of patient status and their changes after therapy.OBJECTIVETo determine the long-term effectiveness of a holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation program for Spanish outpatients with acquired brain injury (ABI) using Rasch analysis.METHODSEighteen patients (ten with long evolution - patients who started the program > 6 months after ABI- and eight with short evolution) and their relatives attended the program for 6 months. Patients' and relatives' answers to the European Brain Injury Questionnaire and the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale at 3 time points (pre-intervention. post-intervention and 12 month follow-up) were transformed into linear measures called logits.RESULTSThe linear measures revealed significant improvements with large effects at the follow-up assessment on cognitive and executive functioning, social and emotional self-regulation, apathy and mood. At follow-up, the short evolution group achieved greater improvements in mood and cognitive functioning than the long evolution patients.CONCLUSIONSThe program showed long-term effectiveness for most of the variables, and it was more effective for mood and cognitive functioning when patients were treated early. Relatives played a key role in the effectiveness of the rehabilitation program.
PB IOS Press
SN 1053-8135
YR 2012
FD 2012-02-20
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2088
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2088
LA en
NO Caracuel A, Cuberos-Urbano G, Santiago-Ramajo S, Vilar-Lopez R, Coín-Megias MA, Verdejo-García A, et al. Effectiveness of holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation for Spanish population with acquired brain injury measured using Rasch analysis. NeuroRehabilitation. 2012; 30(1):43-53
NO Journal Article;
DS RISalud
RD Apr 7, 2025