title: [Life satisfaction and psychosocial outcome in severe traumatic brain injuries in Aquitaine].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess late outcome and satisfaction of life of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who received inpatient rehabilitation in Aquitaine.
  
  
  METHODS
  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%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de psychologie EA 526, université Victor-Segalen, Bordeaux 2, 33076 cedex, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quintard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Croze
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mazaux
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rouxel
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richer
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Debelleix
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barat
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D023261:Glasgow Outcome Scale; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome