TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychopatological evaluation of traumatic brain injury patients with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory
AU - Bernabeu Guitart, Montserrat
AU - López, Raquel
AU - Castaño Monsalve, Beatriz
AU - Ignacio Quemada, Jose
AU - Bulbena Vilasar, Antoni
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - Introduction: The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) is a scale that assesses psychiatric symptoms in patients with neurological disorders, principally dementia. Despite its advantages, there are few published studies in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. With the NPI information we are going to describe the psychopatologic disorders in a group of TBI chronic patients and look the possible association with psychiatric history and outcome measures. Method: The NPI was applied to caregivers of 53 patients with severe TBI in chronic phase. We also collected functional and community integration scales. Results: 92.5% of patients had some neuropsychiatric symptom, according to NPI. The most frequents were irritability/lability, apathy and depression/dysphoria. Those patients with drugs abuse history had more psychiatric symptoms. Presence of agitation/aggression, apathy and disinhibition were correlated with more disability. Conclusions: Psychiatric disorders are common between patients with TBI. The NPI is a scale that systematically assesses the behavioral and emotional disorders more common in these patients. Some of the symptoms negatively influence the degree of disability. © 2011 SEP y SEPB. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.
AB - Introduction: The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) is a scale that assesses psychiatric symptoms in patients with neurological disorders, principally dementia. Despite its advantages, there are few published studies in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. With the NPI information we are going to describe the psychopatologic disorders in a group of TBI chronic patients and look the possible association with psychiatric history and outcome measures. Method: The NPI was applied to caregivers of 53 patients with severe TBI in chronic phase. We also collected functional and community integration scales. Results: 92.5% of patients had some neuropsychiatric symptom, according to NPI. The most frequents were irritability/lability, apathy and depression/dysphoria. Those patients with drugs abuse history had more psychiatric symptoms. Presence of agitation/aggression, apathy and disinhibition were correlated with more disability. Conclusions: Psychiatric disorders are common between patients with TBI. The NPI is a scale that systematically assesses the behavioral and emotional disorders more common in these patients. Some of the symptoms negatively influence the degree of disability. © 2011 SEP y SEPB. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.
KW - Disability
KW - Drug abuse
KW - Neuropsychiatric Inventory
KW - Traumatic Brain Injury
KW - Behavior disorder
UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=7479928
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84862878868
U2 - 10.1016/j.rpsm.2012.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.rpsm.2012.02.004
M3 - Article
SN - 1888-9891
VL - 5
SP - 160
EP - 166
JO - Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental
JF - Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental
IS - 3
ER -
