Psychological Outcome in Young Survivors of Severe TBI: A Cross-Informant Comparison

Table 3

Comparison of self-rating and proxy-rating with the normative sample.

Scale	Characteristics	Patient; Mean; -score (SD)	Difference with the mean -score of the normative sample	value	Significant other; Mean -score (SD)	Difference D with the mean -score of the normative sample	value
Syndrome scales	Anxiety and depression	57.03 (9.36)	2.68	0.095	55.00 (5.62)	0.65	0.611
	Withdrawal	58.58 (10.23)	4.48		55.00 (6.95)	0.90	0.569
	Somatic complaints	56.53 (7.69)	2.43	0.066	55.50 (5.41)	1.40	0.261
	Thought problems	54.64 (8.44)	0.49	0.730	54.40 (5.74)	0.25	0.848
	Attention problems	58.17 (8.46)	3.97		57.55 (4.99)	3.35
	Aggressive behavior	54.22 (6.25)	0.12	0.907	54.15 (4.67)	0.50	0.962
	Rule-breaking behavior	54.75 (6.15)	0.60	0.562	54.20 (4.05)	0.50	0.957
	Intrusive behavior	52.50 (4.65)	1.60		53.15 (5.52)	0.95	0.451
Combined scales	Externalizing	49.33 (10.07)	0.72	0.672	52.25 (9.82)	2.05	0.362
	Internalizing	54.83 (12.36)	4.63		50.90 (7.45)	0.85	0.616
	Total problems	48.90 (9.24)	1.20	0.568	50.65 (8.36)	0.55	0.772
	Critical items	55.50 (6.05)	1.40	0.314	55.85 (5.28)	1.75	0.155

SD: standard deviation; significant = ;  significant = .