title: Life-bombing-injury-life: a qualitative follow-up study of Oklahoma City bombing survivors with TBI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To learn about and come to an understanding of the recovery process and outcomes experienced by the survivors of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, who sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) along with other injuries in the blast.
  
  
  METHODS
  A phenomenological study was conducted using in-person interviews, document and video-tape review, internet communication and researcher journals as the primary data set.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 20 of the 46 bombing survivors with TBI (44%) agreed to be a part of the study. The data collection process focused on stories about service needs, services accessed and long-term outcomes of the participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The researchers' data analysis yielded four themes (Trauma-Healing-Support; What TBI?; How I went back to work and life; Now I really need assistance!) that represented the content and meanings of the interviews and supplemental data.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A common thread running through the interviews of survivors with TBI was their portrayal of life-long medical, emotional, vocational and residential needs since the bombing. What they experienced in the months--extending into years--after the bombing was beyond their own anticipation and that of their families and healthcare professionals.
authors: Department of Occupational Therapy, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
authors: Pat L
authors: PL
authors: Sample
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Greene
authors: Nikole R
authors: NR
authors: Johns
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004189:Disaster Planning; D005107:Explosions; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D062707:Return to Work; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D023481:Terrorism; D013997:Time Factors; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*