title: Self- and Informant Ratings of Executive Functioning After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine correlates of self- and informant reports on a standardized rating of executive functioning in persons with mild traumatic brain injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outpatient clinic at a rehabilitation hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred referred persons who met criteria for mild traumatic brain injury (ie, time to follow commands <30 minutes, posttraumatic amnesia <24 hours, and Glasgow Coma Scale score >12).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants and informants completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A) during outpatient neuropsychological evaluations within 30 to 360 days postinjury.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participant and informant BRIEF-A ratings were strongly correlated, but participants rated themselves as worse than informants did. Regression analysis revealed that higher levels of education and presence of intracranial neuroimaging findings were associated with better BRIEF-A ratings whereas worse BRIEF-A ratings were associated with longer time since injury and prior psychiatric treatment. BRIEF-A ratings were not correlated with laboratory measures of executive functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Subjective perceptions of executive dysfunction during the first year after mild TBI are driven primarily by premorbid factors and do not reflect acquired cerebral impairment.
authors.affiliation: Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Dr Donders); Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Ms Oh); and Hope College, Holland, Michigan (Ms Gable).
authors.forename: Jacobus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donders
authors.forename: Ye In
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gable
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome