title: [Professional career, disability and dependence after acquired brain injury: a prospective study in the two years following the brain injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the current study is to analyze the labor trajectory, grade of disability and degree of dependence ecognized in a group of people with acquired brain injury with difference types and severity of injuries and with memory deficit as the main cognitive sequel, over a period of two years after the injury and to explore which premorbid clinical and demographic variables related to the brain injury are predictors of the return to work.
  
  
  METHODS
  129 subjects (aged 18-80 years), who were attended by the Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry Department of Navarra's Hospital. Qualitative variables were compared using the Chi square test and means were compared using Student t test and to determine the correlation between continuing variables we used Pearson's correlation coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  17.7% returned to work one year after and 25% two years after. The return to work was related to high levels of education. Disability was recognized by 85% of applicants, to psychological factors or physical and psychological in 89% of them. In 77% of applicants was recognized the level of dependence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results confirm the big impact of acquired brain injury on the career path two years later, in their interaction with their environment and in their level of independence. One of the factors that explain this impact is the memory deficits.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Neuropsicología y Neuropsiquiatría, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, España. pilar.luna.lario@cfnavarra.es
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luna-Lario
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blanco-Beregaña
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tirapu-Ustárroz
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ojeda
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mata-Pastor
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D024382:Professional Role; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012179:Retirement; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014478:Unemployment; D055815:Young Adult