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Purpose/objective: Spiritual well-being has been associated with better quality of life outcomes in caregivers, but the associations among the care recipient's functional status, the caregiver's spiritual well-being, and the caregiver's health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is unknown. Research Method/Design: The study examined the Spiritual Well-Being Scale in caregivers of ...

Objective: To investigate the relationship of 2 health-related quality-of-life (QOL) item banks (Emotional Suppression and Caregiver Vigilance), developed for caregivers of service members/veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), to caregivers' positive and negative affect. Setting: Community. Participants: One hundred sixty-five caregivers of service members/veterans with TBI. Design: Retrospective database analysis. Main measures: TBI-CareQOL Emotional ...

Purpose of the study: To investigate the association among global and regional white matter fractional anisotropy (FA) values following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cognitive functioning. Materials and methods: This research was conducted in an urban rehabilitation hospital. Participants included adults who were healthy controls (n = 18) or who had ...

Article discusses findings from a study of the incidence, and risk factors, and outcomes of patients with fecal incontinence who were admitted to inpatient rehabilitation at a Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) center. Relationships between fecal incontinence and demographic, injury severity, and functional outcome variables were examined using ...

Study examined the direction and predictors of change in the Disability Rating Scale (DRS) level of functioning and employability items between 1 and 5 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were obtained from 3,787 subjects enrolled in the TBI Model Systems National Database. The Functional Independence Measure was ...

Study investigated the level of agreement between patient and family ratings of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning using the 70-item Neurobehavioral Functioning Inventory-Revised (NFI-R) at 1 year after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Twenty-three items on the NFI-R showed significant differences between patient and other ratings, usually with the patient ...

Study examines the contribution of demographic variables, injury severity, and functional status at 1 year postinjury to job stability and return to work for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were collected at 6 model systems rehabilitation centers on individuals with TBI who returned for follow-up at 1, ...

Objective: To evaluate how demographics, measures of injury severity, and acute care complications relate to sitting and standing balance in patients with traumatic brain injury ( TBI ). Design: Multicenter analysis of consecutive admissions to designated TBI Model Systems of Care (TBIMS). Setting: Ten National Institute for Disability and ...