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The aims of this study were to examine (a) predictors of partnered
relationship probability trajectories and relationship stability across 1, 2, and
5 years after traumatic brain injury, and (b) influences on the slopes of these
trajectories. METHODS: Individuals (n = 105) from Norway with acute
TBI were assessed during admission to an urban trauma center and again at 1, 2
and 5 years after injury. The outcome measures were partnered relationship status
(partnered vs. single) at 1, 2 and 5 years post-injury investigated through
multilevel modelling, and relationship stability (stable, unstable, and single)
investigated through multinomial logistic regression. Independent variables were
sex, age at injury, partnered relationship at injury, having dependent children,
education, employment and occupation status at time of injury, acute Glasgow Coma
Scale score, posttraumatic amnesia, and length of stay in hospital. RESULTS:
Partnered relationship status at injury and the interaction of relationship
status at injury by time, employment at injury and the interaction of TBI
severity by time were significant predictors of participants' relationship
trajectories. Having dependent children at the time of injury, higher education,
and being in a blue collar occupation at time of injury were significant
predictors of relationship stability. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of these
influences on partnered relationship probability trajectories and stability could
help clinicians and researchers develop and refine early interventions to reduce
relationship dissolution in the first several years after brain injury.
- Norvège

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