Cognitive Functioning, Social Participation, and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

4:14 PM – 4:30 PM

Non-presenting Author(s)

LC

Laurence Caron

Doctoral student in clinical psychology
Université Laval, United States
MO

Marie-Christine Ouellet, PhD

Professor
Université Laval
Québec, Quebec, United States

Presenting Author(s)

Simon Beaulieu-Bonneau, PhD

Assistant Professor
Université Laval
Quebec, Quebec, Canada

Slides

This study presents data on 40 adults aged 65 years or over who were hospitalized following a mild to severe traumatic brain injury. On average 15 months after their injury, they completed telephone objective measures of global cognition and executive functioning, and self-report questionnaires of cognition, health-related quality of life, and social participation. Results underscore the importance of considering both subjective perception and objective performance of cognition to promote better quality of life.

Learning Objectives:

Describe global subjective and objective cognitive functioning in older adults with traumatic brain injury
Discuss the relationship between subjective and objective cognitive functioning, social participation, and quality of life in older adults with traumatic brain injury
Consider sociodemographic and injury-related factors associated with subjective and objective functioning after traumatic brain injury in the elderly