Depression as a Predictor of Long-term Employment Outcomes Among Individuals With Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the predictive ability of depression when considering long-term employment outcomes for individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) after controlling for key preinjury and injury-related variables.

Design

Secondary data analysis.

Setting

Community follow-up after discharge from an inpatient rehabilitation center.

Participants

Individuals between 18 and 60 years old with moderate-to-severe TBI enrolled in the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems database.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Employment status.

Results

The prevalence of employment at 2 and 5 years post injury was 40.3% and 44.5%, respectively. Individuals identified as depressed at 1 year were more likely to be unemploy

SUBMITTER: Klyce DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6765411 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature