Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Stress Disorder, Cognitive Function, Motor Function, and Daily Living Ability of Patients with a Traumatic Brain Injury.

PURPOSE

The aim of the study is to observe the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on stress disorder, cognitive function, motor function, and daily living ability of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients.

METHODS

84 patients with TBI admitted to our hospital from June 2019 to May 2021 were selected as the research subjects. They were divided into a control group (from June 2019 to May 2020) and an observation group (from June 2020 to May 2021), with 42 cases in each group. The control group received routine intervention; the observation group received cognitive behavioral therapy on the basis of the control group. Before and after intervention, the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), cognitive function, motor function, and daily living ability of the two groups were observed.

RESULTS

After intervention, the PTSD-self-rating scale (PTSD-SS) scores of both groups were lower than those before intervention, and the PTSD-SS scores of the observation group were lower than those of the control group ( < 0.05). After intervention, the scores of the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) scale, Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA), and modified Barthel index (MBI) in both groups were higher than those before intervention, and the scores of MoCA, FMA, and MBI in the observation group were higher than those in the control group ( < 0.05).

CONCLUSION

The application of cognitive behavioral therapy to TBI patients is beneficial to reduce the degree of PTSD and improve cognitive function, motor function, and daily living ability, which is worthy of clinical application.