Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review

Throughout recovery, patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)show physical and functional improvement but continue to have cognitive and psychosocial problems. The aim of this article was to review the literature regarding the functional and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes i...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed Ludin, Salizar, Abdul Rashid, Nor'ain
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publications 2018
Subjects:	RT71 Study and Teaching
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spelling	iium-654322018-09-04T08:44:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65432/ Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review Mohamed Ludin, Salizar Abdul Rashid, Nor'ain RT71 Study and Teaching Throughout recovery, patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)show physical and functional improvement but continue to have cognitive and psychosocial problems. The aim of this article was to review the literature regarding the functional and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes in severe TBI. There were 15 articles reviewed, 13 of them were quantitative studies and two were narrative review. Most of the articles showed an improvement occurs rapidly at 6 months post-injury. There were several factors that influence the outcome after TBI, most of it was the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) on admission, age, educational level, duration of posttraumatic amnesia (PTA), and length of stay (LOS) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Thus, health care workers should help the survivors of severe TBI in the recovery process to ensure the latter can attain maximum function and quality of life. SAGE Publications 2018-08-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65432/1/65432_Functional%20outcomes%20and%20health-related%20quality%20of%20life%20_article.pdf Mohamed Ludin, Salizar and Abdul Rashid, Nor'ain (2018) Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review. Clinical Nursing Research. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1054-7738 E-ISSN 1552-3799 (In Press) http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1054773818792459 10.1177/1054773818792459
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description	Throughout recovery, patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)show physical and functional improvement but continue to have cognitive and psychosocial problems. The aim of this article was to review the literature regarding the functional and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcomes in severe TBI. There were 15 articles reviewed, 13 of them were quantitative studies and two were narrative review. Most of the articles showed an improvement occurs rapidly at 6 months post-injury. There were several factors that influence the outcome after TBI, most of it was the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) on admission, age, educational level, duration of posttraumatic amnesia (PTA), and length of stay (LOS) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Thus, health care workers should help the survivors of severe TBI in the recovery process to ensure the latter can attain maximum function and quality of life.
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author	Mohamed Ludin, Salizar Abdul Rashid, Nor'ain
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title	Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review
title_short	Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review
title_full	Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review
title_fullStr	Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review
title_full_unstemmed	Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review
title_sort	functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: a review
publisher	SAGE Publications
publishDate	2018
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Functional outcomes and health-related quality of life after severe traumatic brain injury: A review

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