Outcome from Complicated versus Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Table 3

Descriptive statistics (raw scores) and effect sizes: self-report and neurocognitive tests.

	Uncomplicated MTBI		Complicated MTBI
	M	SD	M	SD	𝑝	𝑑
Self-report Measures
BDI-II total	7.6	6.7	4.5	4.0	.130	.52
RPSQ total	11.6	11.8	7.2	6.2	.358	.43
Barrow Fatigue Scale	16.4	15.3	13.0	9.7	.464	.25
Neurocognitive Tests
RAVLT total	56.9	7.8	60.2	10.1	.237	.39
RAVLT delay	11.1	2.8	12.4	2.6	.159	.47
RCFT copy	35.7	0.7	35.6	0.8	.792	.09
RCFT Immediate	25.4	5.9	23.8	5.2	.402	.28
Phonemic Fluency total	38.7	9.4	39.8	13.4	.766	.10
Animal Naming total	25.1	6.4	22.5	5.0	.194	.43
Trails A (in seconds)	27.3	9.5	28.5	8.7	.685	.13
Trails B (in seconds)	62.5	24.8	57.5	13.3	.495	.23
Stroop Color-Word	42.1	8.2	45.9	7.2	.157	.47

Note: 𝑁=47 (uncomplicated MTBI, 𝑛=34; complicated MTBI, 𝑛=13); Cohen’s effect size (𝑑): small (.20), medium (.50), large (.80). BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition; RPSQ: Rivermead Postconcussion Scale; RCFT: Rey Complex Figure Test; RAVLT:Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; MTBI:mild traumatic brain injury.