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Health and wellness characteristics of persons with traumatic brain injury
Cynthia A Braden1, Jeffrey P Cuthbert, Lisa Brenner
1Research Department, Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO 80113, USA. cbraden@craighospital.org
Objective:
To describe health and wellness characteristics of persons with TBI living in the community, compare to other disability populations and evaluate the associations between health-related constructs.
Design:
Observational.
Setting:
Outpatient rehabilitation hospital and a Veterans Affairs Medical Centre.
Participants:
Seventy-four community-dwelling adults with moderate-to-severe TBI.
Interventions:
None.
Main Measures:
Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II), Self Rated Abilities Health Practices Scale (SRAHP), Barriers to Health Promoting Activities for Disabled Scale (BHPAD), Medical Outcomes Study 12-Item Health Status Survey Short Form (SF-12), Personal Resource Questionnaire-adapted (PRQ-a), Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS), Diener Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective (PART-O).
Results:
Health-promoting behaviours, self-efficacy and barriers to health were comparable to other disability populations. Perceived health status, participation and life satisfaction were decreased. Measures of health promotion and self-efficacy were positively associated with perceived mental health status, life satisfaction and participation. Barriers to healthy activities were negatively associated with health promotion, self-efficacy and perceived mental health status.
Conclusions:
Health and wellness status was below desired levels for the study cohort, and comparable to other disability populations. Better understanding of associations among health-related constructs is needed. Continued research on conceptually-based health and wellness interventions for persons with TBI is recommended.
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