Needs and concerns of male combat Veterans with mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 327-340

  Daggett, Virginia S ^a,b   Bakas, Tamilyn ^b   Buelow, Janice ^b   Habermann, Barbara ^b   Murray, Laura L ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Adaptation; Afghanistan; Behavioral symptoms; Cognitive symptoms; Environment; Interpersonal interactions; Iraq; Needs; Theoretical model; Traumatic brain injury; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION; AFGHANISTAN; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS; ENVIRONMENT; IRAQ; NEEDS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; VETERANS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; RESEARCH;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURIES; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TINNITUS; VETERANS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878866180     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.09.0168     Document Type: Article

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