Functional abilities and distress levels in brain injured patients at long-term follow-up.
An investigative long-term follow-up study of brain injured individuals who had been inpatients in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program was conducted by means of a mailed questionnaire. Level of distress, gauged by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), was compared to the level of functional abilities as determined by a shortened self-report version of the Patient Evaluation Conference System (PECS). Functional skills compared included self-care, mobility, living arrangements, communication, recreation/leisure, and education/employment. Significant negative relationships of distress levels to independence in self-care, mobility, living arrangements, and communication were found.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003142:Communication; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires