value equals the function of a normal, self-sufficient adult. Values Concentration) and one for relaxation/falling asleep (METAMU- under cutoff on motor skills mean increased effort. Values under SIC Sleeping through the Rain). They were free to choose any of ii Summer/Fall 2005 the five selections they were given, and they listened through measures on the SF-36. Also AMPS motor skills were slightly stereo headphones. They all wrote a daily “listening log” with reduced and NA went up slightly. Four measures on the SF-36 information about what CDs they listened to, what time of the remained unchanged. day they listened, activity during listening, and any other com- Case 3: A woman, age forty-five with a husband and three ments. children, was in a car accident eight years ago. It was several years before she was diagnosed with TBI. She had no particular lis- Ethics tening pattern. This project was approved by the Regional Office for Ethical Findings: The AMPS did not show any changes. She scored Advice, Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics, well over cutoff on both tests. Health Region South. The PANAS scale showed an increase on PA of +7, indicat- ing improved social life and an increase in frequency of pleasant Results events. NA was reduced with -7 points, indicating less self- Of the six participants, two showed few or no changes on reported stress and a decrease of unpleasant events. The SF-36
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any of the measures. Also, they had no comments on the experi- showed an increase in six of nine areas: Mental Health (+1), ence that indicated noticeable changes in their lives. They are Vitality (+10), Pain (+2.1), Physical Functioning (+3), Role therefore omitted from the case descriptions. They were the two Physical (+2), and Health Transition (+39). The other functions, oldest male participants, ages fifty-two and seventy-five. They General Health, Social Functioning, and Role Emotional, did listen to their CDs the agreed-on number of times. remained unchanged. The four participants whose cases are described below all lis- In summary of the findings, we see a positive increase on tened to their CDs more than the agreed-on times during the both measures on PANAS and an increase on six of the SF-36 study. measures. The AMPS and three of the measures on the SF-36 Case 1: A young man, age twenty-five, was injured as a child remained unchanged. in a traffic accident. He used the CDs mainly to rest/sleep. Case 4: A woman, age forty, lived with her husband and Findings: The AMPS showed an increase of 0.2 logits on daughter. Seven years ago her heart stopped and she suffered a motor skills from just under cutoff to just above cutoff. The TBI as a result. She had no particular listening pattern. process skills had an increase of 1.3 logits from 0.2 under cutoff Findings: The AMPS showed an increase of 0.6 logits on
to 1.1 above cutoff. This last increase is statistically and clinical- Motor Skills from 1.7 to 1.1 under cutoff. This is statistically and ly significant. The PANAS showed an increase of 7 on the posi- clinically significant. Process Skills showed an increase of 0.2 log- tive scale and a decrease of 7 in the negative scale. This should its under cutoff. This is not statistically or clinically significant. indicate a more satisfactory social life and less self-reported The PANAS showed a decrease of -11 on PA, indicating stress. The SF-36 showed an increase in five measures: Mental reduced satisfaction with social life and a decrease in frequency of Health (+3), Vitality (+5), Pain (+1), General Health (+3), and pleasant events. Her NA showed a decrease of -6, indicating less Social Functioning (+4). Physical Functioning was reduced (-1), self-reported stress and a decrease in frequency of unpleasant probably because he had a back problem the last month of the events. The SF-36 showed an increase in four of nine measures: project. Role Physical, Role Emotional, and Health Transition Vitality (+1), Pain (+1.9), General Health (+2), and Social were unchanged. Functioning (+3). Mental Health decreased (-1), as did Health In summary of the findings, we see a significant increase on Transition (-16). Measures of Physical Functioning, Role AMPS process skills and some increase on AMPS motor skills. Physical Role, and Role Emotional remained unchanged.