Citation

Rodríguez-Rajo P, Leno Colorado D, Enseñat-Cantallops A, Garcia-Molina A. Neurologia (Engl. Ed.) 2022; 37(9): 767-780.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.nrleng.2018.07.013

PMID

36468429

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Many studies have described the presence of difficulty processing and generating social behaviour in patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). These difficulties in social cognition (SC) deteriorate personal relationships in the family, at work, or in the community. However, therapeutic programmes aiming to improve SC continue to be an outstanding issue in clinical practice. We performed a systematic review of the existing literature on the recovery of SC in patients with TBI, assessing the methodological quality of the included studies and the therapeutic effectiveness of the rehabilitation strategies used. DEVELOPMENT: We performed a bibliographic search of papers published before June 2018 in the Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, PsycINFO, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases. Of the 198 potentially relevant articles, 10 met our eligibility criteria. Two of the authors independently and blindly assessed the methodological quality of these studies using the PEDro scale.

CONCLUSIONS: The articles included in this systematic review essentially studied the effect of different interventions aimed at the rehabilitation of SC in patients with chronic TBIs. The analysis showed adequate methodological quality and an acceptable level of evidence. Future research should analyse the effect of these interventions in patients with TBIs in the sub- and post-acute phases.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Treatment; Traumatic brain injury; Rehabilitation; *Medicine; *Brain Injuries, Traumatic/complications; Cognición social; Neuropsicología.; Neuropsychology.; Rehabilitación; Social cognition; Social Cognition; Tratamiento; Traumatismo craneoencefálico