Anson Katie, Ponsford Jennie
School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Brain Inj. 2006 Jan;20(1):1-13. doi: 10.1080/02699050500309791.
To investigate the variables associated with positive psychological outcome following a group intervention for 33 individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Evaluation study which used multiple regression analysis to examine the variables associated with change in psychological adjustment following a 10-session cognitive behaviour therapy-based group.
The predictor variables were age at injury, time since injury, injury severity, self-awareness, pre-morbid intellectual function, memory function, executive function and level of depression and anxiety prior to intervention.
The predictor variables contributed a significant proportion of the variance in percentage change in depression. The major finding was that better outcomes following intervention were associated with greater self-awareness of injury-related deficits.
The present study identified a number of variables that were associated with improvement in depression following psychological intervention and may assist future treatment resources to be directed most effectively.
