@article{ref1,
title="Clinician modifiable factors associated with better quality of life in children with acquired brain injury undergoing rehabilitation",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2018",
author="Connell, Tim and Paterson, Julia and Roberts, Rachel M. and Raghavendra, Parimala and Sawyer, Michael and Russo, Remo N.",
volume="32",
number="4",
pages="423-430",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To identify clinician-modifiable factors related to quality of life (QOL) in children with acquired brain injury (ABI). PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: Thirty-nine children attending an ABI rehabilitation program (5-18 years) were assessed using the Personality Inventory for Children-2, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-2, Handicap-Related Problems for Parents Inventory and Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory was completed by children and parents six months later. <br><br>RESULTS: Children with lower levels of internalising and externalising behaviours, health and social skill problems, and higher family functioning had significantly higher levels of total QOL (child and parent rated) (r = -.47 to -.79). In addition, children with higher levels of adaptive behaviour had significantly higher parent rated total QOL (r = .46). Measures of mother's stressors had moderate but not statistically significant relationships with the child's total QOL (r = -.31 to -.35). There were moderate and statistically significant relationships between measures of participation in physical activities and total QOL as rated by children (r = .42-.48) but not parents (r = .11-.30). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest potential targets to be investigated in future clinical research in rehabilitation following ABI in children to optimise QOL.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2018.1429661",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1429661"
}