Predictors of quality of life after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
Document title: Predictors of quality of life after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000393639
ISSN: 0004-282X
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Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: May
Volumen: 74
Number: 5
Pages: 409-415
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract To verify correlations between age, injury severity, length of stay (LOS), cognition, functional capacity and quality of life (QOL) six months after hospital discharge (HD) of victims of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Method 50 patients consecutively treated in a Brazilian emergency hospital were assessed at admission, HD and six months after HD. The assessment protocol consisted in Abbreviated Injury Scale, Injury Severity Score, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Mini Mental Test, Barthel Index and World Health Organization QOL - Brief. Results Strong negative correlation was observed between LOS and GCS and LOS and RTS. An almost maximal correlation was found between RTS and GCS and functional capacity and GCS at HD. Age and LOS were considered independent predictors of QOL. Conclusion Age and LOS are independent predictors of QOL after moderate to severe TBI
Portuguese abstract Verificar correlações entre idade, gravidade do trauma, tempo de hospitalização (TH), cognição, capacidade funcional e qualidade de vida (QV) seis meses após alta hospitalar (AH) de vítimas de trauma crânio-encefálico (TCE). Método 50 pacientes tratados em um hospital de emergência brasileiro foram avaliados na admissão, AH e seis meses após AH. O protocolo de avaliação consistia em Escala Abreviada de Lesões, Índice de Gravidade de Lesão, Escala de Coma de Glasgow (ECG), Escore de Trauma Revisado (RTS), teste Mini-Mental, Índice de Barthel e Questionário Breve de QV da Organização Mundial de Saúde. Resultados Forte correlação negativa foi observada entre TH e ECG e TH e RTS. Correlação quase máxima foi observada entre RTS e ECG e capacidade funcional e ECG na AH. Idade e TH foram considerados preditores independentes de QV. Conclusão Idade e TH são preditores independentes de QV após TCE moderado e grave
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Neurología,
Terapéutica y rehabilitación,
Traumatología,
Traumatismo craneoencefálico,
Lesión cerebral,
Epidemiología,
Función cognitiva,
Capacidad funcional,
Calidad de vida
Keyword: Medicine,
Neurology,
Therapeutics and rehabilitation,
Traumatology,
Head trauma,
Brain injuries,
Epidemiology,
Cognitive functions,
Functional capacity,
Quality of life
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