Comprehensive assessment of executive functioning following childhood severe traumatic brain injury: clinical utility of the child executive functions battery.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To perform a detailed description of executive functioning following moderate-to-severe childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI), and to study demographic and severity factors influencing outcome.

Methods

A convenience sample of children/adolescents aged 7-16 years, referred to a rehabilitation department after a TBI (n = 43), was compared to normative data using a newly developed neuropsychological test battery (Child Executive Functions Battery-CEF-B) and the BRIEF.

Results

Performance in the TBI group was significantly impaired in most of the CEF-B subtests, with moderate to large effect sizes. Regarding everyday life, patients were significantly impaired in most BRIEF clinical scales, either in parent or in teacher reports. Univariate correlations

SUBMITTER: Chevignard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10699495 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature