PMID: 9651236Jul 3, 1998Paper

Quality of life for individuals with traumatic brain injury: comparison with others living in the community

The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
M Brown, D Vandergoot

Abstract

To provide a conceptual overview of approaches to quality of life (QOL) measurement and an extensive review of research relating to QOL after TBI; to document subjective QOL of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI); to explore how subjective QOL differs for people with TBI in comparison to individuals with no disability (ND) and those with spinal cord injury (SCI); and to document the perceptions of unmet important needs and the relationship between such perceptions and subjective QOL. Interview-based data focusing on current perceptions of QOL and unmet important needs, obtained from individuals with TBI, SCI, or ND. Covariance and partial regression analyses were used to explore group differences and to document relationships between variables. Individuals drawn from diverse communities across New York State. TBI group: 430 individuals who identified themselves as having TBI; SCI group: 101 individuals with spinal cord injury; ND group: 187 people who identified themselves as having no disability. Participants were recruited through recruitment ads in general circulation newspapers and newsletters and through contacting a wide variety of community agencies. Two summary QOL indicators: a Global QOL Measure based on two...Continue Reading

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