title: Validation of the quality of life after brain injury in Chinese persons with traumatic brain injury in Taiwan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the psychometric properties of the Quality of Life After Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) in Chinese persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred one patients with TBI were interviewed face-to-face at baseline; of these, 132 completed a follow-up assessment 1 year later.
  
  
  METHODS
  Neurosurgery clinics of 6 teaching hospitals in northern Taiwan.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 37-item QOLIBRI, including 6 domains of Cognition, Self, Daily Life and Autonomy, Social Relationships, Emotions, and Physical Problems.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A small percentage (<1%) of responses were missing, except the Sex Life item under the Social domain (5.9%). The QOLIBRI achieved adequate percentages for the floor value (0%-4%), ceiling value (1%-3.3%), internal consistency (0.79-0.95), and test-retest reliability (0.81-0.89). For construct validity, correlation coefficients (rs) for the QOLIBRI domains and selected clinical measures conceptually related to that domain were all 0.4 or more, except rs for QOLIBRI Cognition and Mini-Mental State Examination scores. A principal components analysis found that one item (Loneliness) of the Emotions domain did not converge with its corresponding domain of the original QOLIBRI (loading score <0.4). Effect sizes of responsiveness to changes in the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended over the 1-year period were clinically meaningful for all the QOLIBRI domains except the Emotions domain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With modifications to the Emotions domain, the QOLIBRI would be suitable for use with Chinese people in Taiwan who have TBI.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Injury Prevention and Control (Drs Lin, Chu, Chiu, and Lin), and School of Public Health (Dr Chu), College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wan-Fang Hospital (Dr Lin), Taipei, and Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung (Dr Liang), and Department of Neurosurgery, Shuang-Ho Hospital, New Taipei City (Dr Chiu), Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yen-Nung
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Shu-Fen
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Wen-Miin
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Wen-Ta
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Mau-Roung
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013624:Taiwan; D014175:Translating