title: Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) Overall Scale for patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
abstract: The Quality of Life after Brain Injury Overall Scale (QOLIBRI-OS) is a recently developed instrument that provides a brief summary measure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in domains typically affected by brain injury. This study examined the application of the six item QOLIBRI-OS in patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Hong Kong Chinese aSAH patients were evaluated prospectively within the chronic phase of 1 year after aSAH in this multi-center observational study. Cronbach's α was 0.88, and correlations were satisfactory for all six items. QOLIBRI-OS demonstrated good criterion validity with other 1 year outcome assessments. In conclusion, QOLIBRI-OS can be used as a brief index for disease-specific HRQoL assessment after aSAH. Further validation in another population of aSAH patients is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: georgewong@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: George Kwok Chu
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Sandy Wai
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ngai
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30-32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Wai Sang
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Poon
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Cerebral aneurysm; Health-related quality of life; Stroke; Subarachnoid hemorrhage