Minoo Sharbafshaaer - Young Researchers and Elite Club, Zahedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan, Iran.
Leyla Najafi - Department of Psychology, Sistan and Baluchestan University, IR Iran.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to the World Health Organization, will exceed many diseases as the major cause of death and disability by the year 2020. The aim of the current study was to assessing hospital anxiety and depression across different causes and levels of TBI in patients who hospitalized and had any medical care. The study was done using clinical diagnosis tests: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). This study examined a subset of patients from a pilot study that covered a 6-months. The study included 50 patients, and 66 % were male with 34% female. The median age of the patients was 32.5 years. One-way between groups analysis of variance was conducted to explore the impact of causes and levels of traumatic brain injury, there was statistically significant difference at the HDS in each causes and levels of TBI. The results of the current study suggest diagnosis mental factors include; anxiety and depression disorder to preventing other mental symptoms after TBI. Knowledge about such risk factors in the development of TBI outcomes provides an opportunity to develop tailored interventions that may prevent or reduce the likelihood of development of outcomes. The severity of injury and situations of incidents leading to the development of neurological, neuropsychological outcomes, to allow for targeted selection of patients for early intervention to prevent symptoms of TBI and other complicated outcomes.

Anxiety, Depression, Traumatic Brain Injury