title: [Correlation of daily living activities with location and severity of traumatic brain injury].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the correlation of daily living activities with location and severity of trau- matic brain injury (TBI) and to provide a theoretical basis for improving the accuracy of expert opinion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five hundred and one cases of patients with TBI were selected. Detailed records included following: pre-injury situation, location and severity of injury, treatment and education. Daily living activi- ties scale (Barthel index) was applied to test the subjects' daily living activities. The relevance among location and severity of TBI and Barthel index was statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In mild TBI group, there was no significant difference in Barthel index among each location (P>0.05). In moderate TBI group, there were significant differences in Barthel index between subarachnoid hemorrhage and cerebral lobe injury, also between parietal, occipital lobes injury and frontal lobe injury, parietal, occipital lobes injury and temporal lobe (P<0.05), respectively, whereas no significant difference in Barthel index between frontal lobe injury and temporal lobe injury (P>0.05). In severe TBI, there were significant differences in Barthel index between every two different locations (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is some correlation between the location of TBI and Barthel index, which provides an important reference value for analyzing and determining daily living activities after TBI.
authors: Yun-ge
authors: YG
authors: Zhang
authors: Chun-xiao
authors: CX
authors: Li
authors: Guo-fu
authors: GF
authors: Guan
authors: Xing-rong
authors: XR
authors: Chen
authors: Hui-min
authors: HM
authors: Fang
authors: Zhou
authors: Z
authors: Wang
authors: Xi-ping
authors: XP
authors: Chen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices