A population-based outcomes study of persons hospitalized with traumatic brain injury: operations of the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Follow-up Registry.
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.
Pickelsimer
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Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. pickelse@musc.edu
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Langlois
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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