title: Sex-Based Differences in Perceived Pragmatic Communication Ability of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify sex-based differences in self-reported and close other-reported perceptions of communication behaviors in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Between-groups comparison of questionnaire data from men and women with TBI and their close others.
  
  
  METHODS
  University academic department.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adults with medically documented TBI (n=160) and adults without TBI (n=81; control group) (N=241).
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
authors: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
authors: Emily H
authors: EH
authors: Despins
authors: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Electronic address: lsturkstra@wisc.edu.
authors: Lyn S
authors: LS
authors: Turkstra
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Brain Injury Research Center, Texas Institute of Rehabilitation Research Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX.
authors: Margaret A
authors: MA
authors: Struchen
authors: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; Brain Injury Research Center, Texas Institute of Rehabilitation Research Memorial Hermann, Houston, TX.
authors: Allison N
authors: AN
authors: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010379:Peer Group; D010465:Perception; D012737:Sex Factors; D000067404:Social Communication Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Brain injuries; Communication; Rehabilitation; Sex factors; Social behavior