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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2008;44(5): 295-302.
doi: https://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2008.44.5.295
The Effect of Premorbid Demographic Factors on the Recovery of Neurocognitive Function in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients.
Ik Chan Jeon, Oh Lyong Kim, Min Su Kim, Seong Ho Kim, Chul Hoon Chang, Dai Seg Bai
1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. olkim@med.yu.ac.kr
2Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE
Premorbid demographic backgrounds of injured individuals are likely to reflect more accurately the status of patients with traumatic brian injury (TBI) than clinical factors. However, the concrete study about the relationship between the demographic factors and neurocognitive function in TBI patients has not been reported. The object of this study was to evaluate the effect of premorbid demographic factors on the recovery of neurocognitive function following TBI.
METHODS
From July 1998 to February 2007, 293 patients (male: 228, female: 65) with a history of head injury, who had recovered from the acute phase, were selected from our hospital to include in this study. We analyzed the effect of premorbid demographic factors including age, sex, educational level and occupation on the recovery of neurocognitive function in each TBI subgroup as defined by Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score. Intelligence and memory are components of neurocognitive function, and the Korean Wechsler Intelligence Scale (K-WAIS) and the Korean memory assessment scale (K-MAS) were used in this study. The results were considered significant at p<0.05.
RESULTS
The higher level of education was a good prognostic factor for intelligence regardless of GCS score and younger age group showed a better result for memory with an exception of severe TBI group. In the severe TBI group, the meaningful effect of demographic factors was not noted by the cause of influence of severe brain injury.
CONCLUSION
The demographic factors used in this study may be helpful for predicting the precise prognosis and developing an appropriate rehabilitation program for TBI patients.
Key Words: Traumatic brain injury; Premorbid demographic factors; Prognosis
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