Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Abstract
Objective: we sought to determine the degree to which cognitive reserve, as assessed by the Test of Premorbid Functioning in combination with demographic variables, could act as a buffer against the effect of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on cognitive test performance. Method: retrospective analysis of a cohort of 121 persons with TBI who completed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) within 1-12 months after injury. Results: regression analyses indicated that cognitive reserve was a statistically significant predictor of all postinjury WAIS-IV factor index scores, after controlling for various premorbid and comorbid confounding variables. Only for Processing Speed did injury severity make an additional statistically significant contribution to the prediction model. Conclusions: cognitive reserve has a protective effect with regard to the impact of TBI on cognitive test performance but this effect is imperfect and does not completely negate the effect of injury severity.
First Page
206
Last Page
213
DOI
10.1093/arclin/acy035
Publication Date
3-28-2018
Recommended Citation
Donders, Jacobus and Stout, Jacob, "The Influence of Cognitive Reserve on Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury" (2018). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 111.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/111