Quality-of-life after brain injury in childhood: Time, not severity, is the significant factor

Brain Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-121

  Dematteo, Carol A ^a,b,c   Hanna, Steven E ^a,b,d   Yousefi Nooraie, Reza ^d   Lin, Chia Yu A ^b   Mahoney, William J ^a   Law, Mary C ^a,b   McCauley, Dayle ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain injuries; Child; Outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL SUMMARY SCORE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMORBID SCHOOL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890542364     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.848380     Document Type: Article

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