@article{ref1,
title="Factors influencing the quality of life in traumatic brain injury: Tunisian experience",
journal="Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine",
year="2016",
author="Bahlouli, Emna and Rekik, Mariem and Krifa, Bassam and Achour, Khawla and Lebib, Sonia and Salah, Fatma Ezzahra Ben and Dziri, Catherine",
volume="59S",
number="",
pages="e136-e136",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of life of patients with severe traumatic brain injury and their relatives by a visual analogue scale (0-10) and a distress companion score (1-6) and to establish correlations between Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Glasgow out scale (GOS), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and QOL. MATERIAL/PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective study conducted in the department of physical and rehabilitation medicine of Kassab Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics concerning patients followed for severe traumatic brain injury sequalea. <br><br>RESULTS: Thirty patients were included in the study. The mean initial GCS score was of 5.74/15. The GOS was of 5 in eleven patients, 4 in eight, and 3 in eleven. The mean FIM was 104/126 (74-126) but dependence in advanced activities was more severe than in elementary activities. The subjective QOL of patients was discretely lower (m=4.7/10) than that estimated by close relatives (m=5). The relatives QOL was similarly reduced (m=4.47). The mean distress accompanying score was 3.7/6. The factors most influencing the patients and relatives QOL were the dependence in the advanced activities and the GOS. <br><br>DISCUSSION-CONCLUSION: The reduction of patient and &quot;relatives&quot; QOL was mainly influenced by functional dependence however, new influencing factors have to be more studied, such as impairment, disability and handicap.<br><br>Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1877-0657",
doi="10.1016/j.rehab.2016.07.306",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2016.07.306"
}