Cognitive rehabilitation outcomes for traumatic brain injury

In 1998, the Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) of Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature about the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in adults. The review was part of a larger report, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in which the evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for TBI at various phases of recovery was summarized. This chapter summarizes the process and findings about cognitive rehabilitation from that report, as well as the findings from an update conducted to review the literature from 1998 to 2002. In 1998, the Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) of Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature about the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in adults. The review was part of a larger report, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in which the evidence for the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions for TBI at various phases of recovery was summarized (Chesnut et al. 1999). In this chapter, we summarize the process and findings about cognitive rehabilitation from that report, as well as the findings from an update conducted to review the literature from 1998 to 2002.