Caregiver reports of subsequent injuries among veterans with traumatic brain injury after discharge from inpatient polytrauma rehabilitation programs

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-25

  Carlson, Kathleen F ^a,b   Meis, Laura A ^c,e   Jensen, Agnes C ^c   Simon, Alisha Baines ^c   Gravely, Amy A ^c   Taylor, Brent C ^c,d,e   Bangerter, Ann ^c   Schaaf, Katy Wilder ^f,g   Griffin, Joan M ^c,e  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HUNTER HOLMES MCGUIRE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

caregivers; health services; injury; rehabilitation; trauma; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURN; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERANS HEALTH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84855572890     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e318236bd86     Document Type: Article

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