Emotional distress and quality of life in relatives of patients with severe brain injury: The first month after injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Norup, Anne ^a   Siert, Lars ^a   Lykke Mortensen, Erik ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Emotional distress; Quality of life; Relatives; Severe brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 75749158497     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699050903508200     Document Type: Article

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