title: A population-based outcomes study of persons hospitalized with traumatic brain injury: operations of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the design and operations of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Follow-up Registry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Statewide prospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  State of South Carolina.
  
  
  METHODS
  2118 persons discharged from acute care hospitals after experiencing TBI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Telephone interviews.
  
  
  METHODS
  Service needs, alcohol and drug use, psychosocial health, health-related quality of life, functional status, symptoms of TBI, employment, global life satisfaction, and death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Selected initial and 1-year follow-up findings concerning demographic, insurance status, income, and employment factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Population-based outcome studies that describe longer term problems associated with TBI, the need for services, and estimated disability could be useful to inform public policy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. pickelse@musc.edu
authors.forename: E Elisabeth
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pickelsimer
authors.forename: Anbesaw W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Selassie
authors.forename: Ja Kook
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Jean A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Langlois
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011788:Quality of Life; D012042:Registries; D013022:South Carolina