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Germine LT, Joormann J, Passell E, Rutter LA, Scheuer L, Martini P, Hwang I, Lee S, Sampson N, Barch DM, House SL, Beaudoin FL, An X, Stevens JS, Zeng D, Linnstaedt SD, Jovanovic T, Clifford GD, Neylan TC, Rauch SL, Lewandowski C, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Storrow AB, Musey PI, Jones CW, Punches BE, McGrath ME, Pascual JL, Mohiuddin K, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Bruce SE, Rathlev NK, Sanchez LD, Pietrzak RH, Pizzagalli DA, Harte SE, Elliott JM, Koenen KC, Ressler KJ, McLean SA, Kessler RC. Neurocognition after motor vehicle collision and adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae within 8 weeks: Initial findings from the AURORA study. J Affect Disord 2022; 298:57-67. [PMID: 34800569 PMCID: PMC10878171 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous work has indicated that differences in neurocognitive functioning may predict the development of adverse post-traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae (APNS). Such differences may be vulnerability factors or simply correlates of APNS-related symptoms. Longitudinal studies that measure neurocognitive functioning at the time of trauma are needed to determine whether such differences precede the development of APNS. METHODS Here, we present findings from a subsample of 666 ambulatory patients from the AURORA (Advancing Understanding of RecOvery afteR trumA) study. All patients presented to EDs after a motor vehicle collision (MVC). We examined associations of neurocognitive test performance shortly after MVC with peritraumatic symptoms in the ED and APNS (depression, post-traumatic stress, post-concussive symptoms, and pain) 2 weeks and 8 weeks later. Neurocognitive tests assessed processing speed, attention, verbal reasoning, memory, and social perception. RESULTS Distress in the ED was associated with poorer processing speed and short-term memory. Poorer short-term memory was also associated with depression at 2 weeks post-MVC, even after controlling for peritraumatic distress. Finally, higher vocabulary scores were associated with pain 2 weeks post-MVC. LIMITATIONS Self-selection biases among those who present to the ED and enroll in the study limit generalizability. Also, it is not clear whether observed neurocognitive differences predate MVC exposure or arise in the immediate aftermath of MVC exposure. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that processing speed and short-term memory may be useful predictors of trauma-related characteristics and the development of some APNS, making such measures clinically-relevant for identifying at-risk individuals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laura T Germine
- Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 1010 Pleasant Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; The Many Brains Project, Belmont, MA, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 1010 Pleasant Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
| | - Lauren A Rutter
- Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 1010 Pleasant Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Luke Scheuer
- Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 1010 Pleasant Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Sue Lee
- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Nancy Sampson
- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Deanna M Barch
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - Francesca L Beaudoin
- Department of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy, and Practice, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
| | - Xinming An
- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - Jennifer S Stevens
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - Sarah D Linnstaedt
- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Emory University, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- San Francisco VA Healthcare System, San Francisco, CA, USA; Departments of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Departments of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Dept. of Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - Claire Pearson
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, MA, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Robert H Pietrzak
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
| | - Diego A Pizzagalli
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center, Departments of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- The Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia; Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, McLean hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
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- Institute for Trauma Recovery, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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