TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Clinician modifiable factors associated with better quality of life in children with acquired brain injury undergoing rehabilitation
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Connell, Tim
A1  - Paterson, Julia
A1  - Roberts, Rachel M.
A1  - Raghavendra, Parimala
A1  - Sawyer, Michael
A1  - Russo, Remo N.
SP  - 423
EP  - 430
VL  - 32
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2018.1429661
ID  - ref1
ER  -