Presenter(s)

Ryan Cummings, Anne Marie Hart, Kathleen Renee Hunter

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Presentation: 10:45-12:00, Kennedy Union Ballroom

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Description

People who experience traumatic brain injury (TBI) have significant negative impacts to their physical health, mental health and independence. TBIs also add significant cost to public health systems and can create financial, mental and emotional challenges for families caring for TBI patients (CDC, 2022). This study is carried out in collaboration with the UD Brain Health Collective Student Workgroup to examine mental outcomes and experiences of patients who have experienced a traumatic brain injury. We use the public-use Traumatic Brain Injury Model System data from the National Data and Statistical Center to examine the relationship of patient independence, represented by employability and mobility, to mental health outcomes including anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation.

Publication Date

4-17-2024

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Meredith L. Wronowski

Primary Advisor's Department

Educational Administration

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Education and Health Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Scholarship; Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Community

Unraveling the Impact: Mental Health and Independence in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

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