Health-related quality of life after 6-month post-injury on severe traumatic brain injury: A cohort study in two Malaysia hospitals

• Main Authors: Ludin, Salizar, Rashid, Nor'ain
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: RT Nursing
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/73448/1/ENFCLI_983%20%282%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73448/2/International%20Islamic%20University%20Malaysia%20Mail%20-%20Proofs%20of%20%5BENFCLI_983%5D.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73448/13/73448_Health-related%20quality%20of%20life%20after%206%20months%20post-injury%20on%20severe%20traumatic%20brain%20injury-%20A%20cohort%20study%20in%20two%20Malaysian%20hospitals_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73448/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S113086211930227X

Objective: Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors show physical and functional improvement but remain with the cognitive and psycho-social problem through our recovery. This study aims to measure the health-related quality of life of TBI survivors within 6 months post-injury. Method: A cohort study was conducted where 33 severe TBI survivors recruited at two tertiary hospitals. The health-related quality of life was measured using the Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) tool. Results: Participants mean age was 31.79 years old. The impaired range of health-related quality of life on 6 months post-injury seen, but an improvement occurs within 3---6 months post-injury. Conclusions: Age and ventilation duration showed a moderate negative correlation in all domains and length of hospital stay showed a moderate negative correlation to social, daily life and self-domains. Nevertheless, small sample size and time constraint were the limitations of this study.