Traumatic Brain Injury, Boredom and Depression
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.2.1. Boredom Proneness
2.2.2. Depression
Group (N) | Age M (SD) | Age range | Years post injury | ACRM Criteria | BPS score M (SD) | Internal Scale M (SD) | External Scale M (SD) | BDI-II score M (SD) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Controls (88) | 23 (1.4) | 17–51 | NA | NA | 93.42 (28.31) | 26.58 (15.3) | 64.51 (19.68) | 11.53 (11.62) |
Mild TBI (38) | 24 (9) | 18–54 | GCS 13–15 w/in 30 mins LOC < 30 mins | 101.21 (23.12) | 30.31 (4.14) | 61.41 (19.51) | 10.58 (9.87) | |
Mod-to-SevTBI (14) | 36 (12.1) | 18–56 | GCS ≤ 12 LOC > 30 mins | 106.21 (21.93) | 34.51 (8.12) | 68.43 (11.32) | 13.36 (9.96) | |
Pt1 | 42 | 20 | Coma several weeks | 100 | 35 | 63 | 0 | |
Pt2 | 36 | 30 | Coma several months | 75 | 28 | 50 | 4 | |
Pt3 | 40 | 20 | Coma 6 weeks | 140 | 48 | 89 | 30 | |
Pt4 | 56 | 30 | LOC = 40 mins | 100 | 16 | 11 | 8 | |
Pt5 | 25 | 6 | Coma 6 weeks | 119 | 28 | 81 | 18 | |
Pt6 | 34 | 14 | Coma 6 weeks | 123 | 39 | 18 | 16 | |
Pt7 | 18 | 2 | LOC, PTA 2 weeks | 116 | 36 | 11 | 11 | |
Pt8 | 54 | 10 | Coma 2 weeks | 80 | 21 | 52 | 10 | |
Pt9 | 23 | 12 | LOC 2 hours | 143 | 35 | 102 | 32 | |
Pt10 | 39 | < 1 | LOC, PTA 8 hours | 113 | 38 | 14 | 22 | |
Pt11 | 39 | 2 | “Brief” LOC | 72 | 28 | 42 | 8 | |
Pt12 | 19 | 10 | LOC unknown length | 104 | 31 | 63 | 20 | |
Pt13 | 30 | 11 | Coma 2 weeks | 91 | 40 | 49 | 3 | |
Pt14 | 49 | 2 | Collapsed with seizure | 111 | 49 | 61 | 5 |
3. Results
3.1. Boredom Proneness
3.2. Depression
3.3. Relationship between Boredom and Depression
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interest
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