Research article summary (published 28 Feb 1992):

Agitation, cognition and attention during post-traumatic amnesia.

Full Abstract

During the early phases of recovery from traumatic head injury, the level of functional cognition and the presence of agitation in patients appear to co-vary. However, it has been observed that there appears to be some temporal disassociation in the recovery of cognition and agitation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree to which attention accounts for the co-variation previously observed. Over a 1-year period, 130 patient-weeks of independent monitoring of cognition, agitation and attention were obtained from 20 head-injured patients in the acute phase of recovery. Weekly scores for measures of cognition, agitation and attention were each found to share approximately 50% of the variance when paired with one of the other two. When attention was extracted, only 7% of the variation in cognition was accounted for by agitation, and 40% of the variance could not be accounted for by either agitation or attention. These results support previous findings that cognition and agitation co-vary with most of the co-variance due to the effect of attention on each. Concomitantly, these results allow that significant portions of the variance in cognition and agitation may be temporally dissociated during the acute phases of recovery from traumatic head injury.

Author information

Author/s: Corrigan, J D (JD); Mysiw, W J (WJ); Gribble, M W (MW); Chock, S K (SK);

Affiliation: Ohio State University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Columbus.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Brain injury : [BI] (Brain Inj), published in ENGLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: -1992 Mar-Apr; vol 6 (issue 2) : pp 155-60

Dates: Created 1992/06/02; Completed 1992/06/02; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 1571719, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adolescent Adult Aged Amnesia - diagnosis; psychology; rehabilitation Attention Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnosis; psychology; rehabilitation Brain Injuries - diagnosis; psychology; rehabilitation Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; psychology; rehabilitation Female Humans

Male Mental Recall Mental Status Schedule Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests Psychomotor Agitation - diagnosis; psychology; rehabilitation Psychomotor Performance Reaction Time Rehabilitation Centers Retention (Psychology)

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