To investigate the status of post-traumatic growth (PTG) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and to explore the potential influencing factors of PTG.

By convenient sampling method, 85 patients with TBI in Neurosurgery Department of Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University from July 2019 to January 2020 was selected as the research objects. Post-traumatic growth inventory (PTGI) and post-traumatic stress disorder check-list-civilian version (PCL-C) scales were used to investigate the level of PTG and the symptoms of PTSD in patients with TBI, and the influencing factors of PTG were further analyzed.

The total PTGI score of TBI patients was 58.41±23.05, which was at a low level. The PCL-C score was 36.18±16.52, and the detection rate of PCL-C positive symptoms was 41.2%. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that educational level, personality type, social support, increased alertness and trauma re-experience were the influencing factors of PTG in TBI patients. TBI patients who have lower levels of education, extroverted personality, and higher levels of social support will have a higher PTGI. Those with low alert response after TBI events have higher levels of PTG, and re-experience symptoms of trauma promote PTG.

Patients with TBI experience PTG and PTSD at the same time, mobilize internal factors and social connections will likely promote patients’PTG levels.