Sex-Based Differences in Perceived Pragmatic Communication Ability of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

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• 作者：Emily H. Despins ; MS^a ; Lyn S. Turkstra ; PhD^a ; ^{lsturkstra@wisc.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Margaret A. Struchen ; PhD^b ; ^c ; Allison N. Clark ; PhD^b ; ^c
• 关键词：Brain injuries ; Communication ; Rehabilitation ; Sex factors ; Social behavior
• 刊名：Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：97
• 期：2_supp_S
• 页码：S26-S32
• 全文大小：225 K

文摘

To identify sex-based differences in self-reported and close other–reported perceptions of communication behaviors in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design

Between-groups comparison of questionnaire data from men and women with TBI and their close others.

Setting

University academic department.

Participants

Adults with medically documented TBI (n=160) and adults without TBI (n=81; control group) (N=241).

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main Outcome Measure

La Trobe Communication Questionnaire, a standardized measure of communication problems in everyday life.

Results

Participants with TBI endorsed more communication problems than controls (P<.001). There were no significant differences in self-ratings (P=.20) or in the ratings of close others (P=.09) in communication behaviors of men with TBI compared with women with TBI. There was no difference between the self-ratings of women with TBI and their close others (P=.59). However, men with TBI significantly underreported communication problems compared with reports of close others (P<.001).

Conclusions

Women with TBI might be more accurate than men with TBI in recognizing their own pragmatic communication problems.