Priorities for quality of life after traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), individuals can experience changes to quality of life (QOL). Despite understanding the factors that impact QOL after TBI, there is limited patient-oriented research to understand the subjective priorities for QOL after TBI. This study aims to understand the priorities for QOL after TBI using a group consensus building method.

Methods

The Technique for Research of Information by Animation of a Group of Experts (TRIAGE) method was used to determine priorities for QOL after TBI. In phase one, expert participants were consulted to understand the context of QOL after TBI. In phase two, participants with TBI completed a questionnaire to broadly determine the factors that contributed to their QOL. In phase three, a portion of participa

SUBMITTER: Grewal J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11226113 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature