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Sex-Based Differences in Perceived Pragmatic Communication Ability of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury
Emily H Despins1, Lyn S Turkstra1, Margaret A Struchen2
1Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Objective:
To identify sex-based differences in self-reported and close other-reported perceptions of communication behaviors in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Design:
Between-groups comparison of questionnaire data from men and women with TBI and their close others.
Setting:
University academic department.
Participants:
Adults with medically documented TBI (n=160) and adults without TBI (n=81; control group) (N=241).
Interventions:
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measure:
La Trobe Communication Questionnaire, a standardized measure of communication problems in everyday life.
Results:
Participants with TBI endorsed more communication problems than controls (P<.001). There were no significant differences in self-ratings (P=.20) or in the ratings of close others (P=.09) in communication behaviors of men with TBI compared with women with TBI. There was no difference between the self-ratings of women with TBI and their close others (P=.59). However, men with TBI significantly underreported communication problems compared with reports of close others (P<.001).
Conclusions:
Women with TBI might be more accurate than men with TBI in recognizing their own pragmatic communication problems.
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