title: [Influence of age, gender, and severity on recovery of patients with brain injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to investigate the individual and cross influences of age, gender, and severity on recovery of patients with brain injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  For the purpose of the study, traumatic or spontaneous brain injury patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) were conveniently selected. The data regarding outcomes were collected 3 months after admission.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Individual influences of the study variables on patients' recovery were significant, except for gender. But while the individual influence of gender on recovery was not significant, cross influence of gender and age was significant, but only for the sub-dimension of 'arousalbility and awareness'. The study results also showed that 3-way cross influence of gender, age, and severity was only significant on the sub-dimension of 'arousalbility and awareness'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sub-dimension of recovery cross influenced by the demographic factors of gender and age, and severity was 'arousalbility and awareness'. This might indicate that the study variables that cross influencing recovery had more influence on consciousness compared to physical function and psycho-social adaptation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, Korea. hsoh@inha.ac.kr
authors.forename: Hyun Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Wha Sook
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001364:Awareness; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors