New research has examined the changes in life satisfaction across 10 years in almost 2,000 traumatic brain injury (TBI ) survivors.
The researchers found that the majority of the 1,941 TBI survivors (60%) reported high life satisfaction by 10 years, with these participants reporting ‘stable high’ or ‘increasing to high’ trajectories. Higher life satisfaction trajectories were associated with the best psychosocial and functional outcomes.
Around 25% had ‘stable low’ or ‘decreasing to low’ trajectories. Lower trajectories were associated with the worst psychosocial and functional outcomes.
The researchers concluded that the association of psychosocial and functional factors related to life satisfaction trajectories after TBI might help to inform community based interventions to maximise long-term life satisfaction for TBI survivors.
Reference: O’Neil-Pirozzi, T.M., Sevigny, M., Pinton, S.M., Hammond, F.M., & Juengst, S.B. (2024). 10-year variability in high and low life satisfaction trajectories post-traumatic brain injury: a TBI model systems study. Brain Injury, 38(10).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2024.2347567
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02699052.2024.2347567
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