Stability of vocational outcome in adulthood after moderate to severe preschool brain injury
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2004-09
- 権利情報
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- https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms
- DOI
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- 10.1017/s1355617704105109
- 公開者
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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<jats:p>We studied how moderate to severe childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects vocational outcome with time. This is the second follow-up of patients who were injured as preschoolers in traffic accidents. In the first follow-up the mean age was 23 years and in the present study the average age of the 27-patient cohort was 40 years. Twenty-two patients were assessed clinically by a neuropsychologist, neurologist and a social worker. Five patients, although not able or willing to participate in the clinical study, were contacted by telephone and interviewed on their vocational outcome. Compared to the first follow-up, 20/27 patients in total had no change in their vocational status. Nine out of the 27 patients were working full-time, two had subsidized jobs and 16 were not working. Twenty-four of 27 patients were independent in daily living. In the neuropsychological tests of executive functions, preserved flexibility associated with full-time work status. In conclusion, 1/3 of the patients were still employed full-time over 30 years after the TBI. This suggests that favorable vocational outcome, reached by young adulthood, is maintained at least until middle age. (<jats:italic>JINS</jats:italic>, 2004,<jats:italic>10</jats:italic>, 719–723.)</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 10 (5), 719-723, 2004-09
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