Journal
ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
Volume 120, Issue 1, Pages 16-23Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01116.x
Keywords
traumatic brain injury; long-term outcome; epilepsy; depression; Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended; health-related quality of life; SF-36
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- The Norwegian Health South-East Authority
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To describe the functional outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQL) 10 years after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). A retrospective, population-based study of 62 survivors of working-age with moderate-to-severe TBI injured in 1995/1996, and hospitalized at the Trauma Referral Center in Eastern Norway. Functional status was measured by the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E). HRQL was assessed by the SF-36 questionnaire. The mean current-age was 40.8 years. The frequency of epilepsy was 19% and the depression rate 31%. A majority had good recovery (48%) or moderate disability (44%). Employment rate was 58%. Functional and employment status were associated with initial injury severity in contrast to HRQL. Study patients had significantly lower scores in all SF-36 dimensions when compared with the general Norwegian population. At 10-years follow-up, our study population is still in their most productive years and affected domains should be considered in long-term follow-up and intervention programs.
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