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[Life satisfaction and psychosocial outcome in severe traumatic brain injuries in Aquitaine]
B Quintard1, P Croze, J M Mazaux
1Laboratoire de psychologie EA 526, université Victor-Segalen, Bordeaux 2, 33076 cedex, Bordeaux, France.
Objective:
To assess late outcome and satisfaction of life of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who received inpatient rehabilitation in Aquitaine.
Design And Patients:
Seventy-nine consecutive patients out of the 158 who were hospitalized for rehabilitation in 1993 were asked for in 2000 by a phone interview including standardised scales and free talk as well.
Results:
The results showed that nine years on average after their injury, 65 to 85% of patients were independent for daily living, whereas 35 to 55% only were independent in social life. Most of them were satisfied with their autonomy (67%), family life (66%) and financial status (41%), but they were dissatisfied with leisure (36%), vocational adjustment (28%) and sexual life (32%).
Conclusion:
Return to work, leisure and sexuality are major parameters of satisfaction of life after a severe TBI, and should be emphasized in goal-directed rehabilitation programs.
