PMID- 15794442
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050504
LR  - 20191026
IS  - 0888-0395 (Print)
IS  - 0888-0395 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 1
DP  - 2005 Feb
TI  - Mild traumatic brain injury in psychiatric inpatients.
PG  - 28-33
AB  - The purpose of this study was to compare psychiatric inpatients with and without 
      mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) on the variables of length of stay (LOS), 
      number of psychiatric admissions, and change from admission to discharge on 
      Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). The study sample included 54 psychiatric 
      inpatients, 18 to 65 years old, with a history of MTBI and 52 comparison 
      psychiatric inpatients absent histories of MTBI, matched on age, sex and 
      diagnostic category. LOS was longer for those with MTBI than for those without 
      MTBI. This difference was statistically significant, after adjustment for 
      matching. When adjusted for baseline GAF, this LOS difference remained 
      statistically significant. The number of prior psychiatric admissions was 19% 
      higher for participants with MTBI than for comparison participants, and when the 
      LOS analysis was adjusted for this factor, it remained statistically significant. 
      GAF change-from-baseline did not differ between the MTBI and comparison groups. 
      Data from this study suggest that psychiatric inpatients with a history of MTBI 
      may differ in frequency and length of hospitalization from otherwise similar 
      inpatients without MTBI history.
FAU - Mateo, Magdalena A
AU  - Mateo MA
AD  - School of Nursing at Northeastern University, USA. m.mateo@neu.edu
FAU - Glod, Carol A
AU  - Glod CA
FAU - Hennen, John
AU  - Hennen J
FAU - Price, Bruce H
AU  - Price BH
FAU - Merrill, Nancy
AU  - Merrill N
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Neurosci Nurs
JT  - The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of 
      Neuroscience Nurses
JID - 8603596
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Brain Injuries/*epidemiology/nursing/*psychology
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Inpatients/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Length of Stay/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*epidemiology/nursing
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
EDAT- 2005/03/30 09:00
MHDA- 2005/05/05 09:00
CRDT- 2005/03/30 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/05/05 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/03/30 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/01376517-200502000-00005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Neurosci Nurs. 2005 Feb;37(1):28-33. doi: 10.1097/01376517-200502000-00005.