title: Neurocognitive predictors of financial capacity in traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop cognitive models of financial capacity (FC) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inpatient brain injury rehabilitation unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty healthy controls, and 24 adults with moderate-to-severe TBI were assessed at baseline (30 days postinjury) and 6 months postinjury.
  
  
  METHODS
  The FC instrument (FCI) and a neuropsychological test battery. Univariate correlation and multiple regression procedures were employed to develop cognitive models of FCI performance in the TBI group, at baseline and 6-month time follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three cognitive predictor models of FC were developed. At baseline, measures of mental arithmetic/working memory and immediate verbal memory predicted baseline FCI performance (R = 0.72). At 6-month follow-up, measures of executive function and mental arithmetic/working memory predicted 6-month FCI performance (R = 0.79), and a third model found that these 2 measures at baseline predicted 6-month FCI performance (R = 0.71).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple cognitive functions are associated with initial impairment and partial recovery of FC in moderate-to-severe TBI patients. In particular, arithmetic, working memory, and executive function skills appear critical to recovery of FC in TBI. The study results represent an initial step toward developing a neurocognitive model of FC in patients with TBI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Roy C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Triebel
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Dreer
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Novack
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Marson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003657:Decision Making; D056344:Executive Function; D005376:Financial Management; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis