Quality of life in children with acquired brain injury: Parent perspectives 1-5 years after injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 617-622

  Limond, Jenny ^a   Dorris, Liam ^a,b   McMillan, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Child; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 68049104026     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050902997870     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Kraus JF, Rock A, Hemyari P. Brain injuries among infants, children, adolescents and young adults. American Journal of Disability in Childhood 1990;144:684-691.
2. Hawley CA, Ward AB, Long J, Owen DW, Magnay AR. Prevalence of traumatic brain injury amongst children admitted to hospital in one health district: A populationbased study. Injury 2003;34:256-260.
3. Savage RC, DePompei R, Tyler J, Lash M. Paediatric traumatic brain injury: A review of pertinent issues. Pediatric Rehabilitation 2005;8:92-103.
4. Boyer MG, Edwards P. Outcome 1 to 3 years after severe traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents. Injury 1991;22:315-320.
5. Ganesalingham K, Sanson A, Anderson V, Yeates KO. Self regulation and social and behavioral functioning following childhood traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2006;12:609-621.
6. Middleton JA. Practitioner review: Psychological sequelae of head injury in children and adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2001;42:165-180.
7. McKinlay A, Dalrymple-Alford JC, Horwood LJ, Fergusson LM. Long term psychosocial outcomes after mild head injury. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2002;73:281-288.
8. Hawley CA, Ward AB, Magnay AR, Long J. Outcomes following childhood head injury: A population study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2004;75:737-742.
9. Milroy G, Dorris L, McMillan TM. Sleep disturbances following mild traumatic brain injury in childhood. Journal of Paediatric Psychology 2008;33:242-247.
10. McCarthy ML, MacKenzie EJ, Durbin DR, Aitken ME, Jaffe KM, Paidas CN, Slomine BS, Dorsch AM, Christensen JR, Ding R. Health-related quality of life during the first year after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2006;160:252-260.
11. Stancin T, Drotar D, Taylor HG, Yeates KO, Wade SL, Minich NM. Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents after traumatic brain injury. Pediatrics 2002;109:E34.
12. Jennett B, Teasdale G. Aspects of coma after severe head injury. Lancet 1977;1:878-881.
13. Scottish Executive. Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation- General Report. Scottish Executive National Statistics 2006. Available online at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/10/13142739/0, accessed March 2007.
14. Varni JW. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQLTM 4.0). Lyons, France: MAPI Research Trust; 2005.
15. McCarthy ML, MacKenzie EJ, Durbin DR, Aitken ME, Jaffe KM, Paidas CN, Slomine BS, Dorsch AM, Berk RA, Christensen JR, et al. The CHAT study group. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory: An evaluation of its reliability and validity for children with traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical and Medical Rehabilitation 2005;86:1901-1909.
16. Upton P, Eiser C, Cheung I, Hutchings HA, Jenney M, Maddocks A. Russell IT, Williams JG. Measurement properties of the UK-English version of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM 4.0 (PedsQLTM) generic core scales. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005;3:22.
17. Varni JW, Burwinkle TM, Katz ER, Meeske K, Dickinson P. The PedsQLTM in pediatric cancer-reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life InventoryTM generic core scales, multidimensional fatigue scale and cancer module. Cancer 2002;94:2090-2106.
18. Goodman R. The extended version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire as a guide to child psychiatric caseness and consequent burden. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 1999;40:791-799.
19. Meltzer H, Gatward R, Goodman R, Ford F. Mental health of children and adolescents in Great Britain. London: The Stationery Office; 2000.
20. Hysing M, Elgen I, Gillberg C, Lie SA, Lundervold AJ. Chronic physical illness and mental health in children. Results from a large-scale population study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2007;48:785-792.