Understanding Health-Related Quality of Life in Caregivers of Civilians and Service Members/Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury: Reliability and Validity Data for the TBI-CareQOL Measurement System.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the reliability and validity of the newly developed TBI-CareQOL patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in caregivers of civilians and service members/veterans (SMVs) with traumatic brain injury (TBI) so that they can be used with confidence in clinical research and practice.

Design

Computer-based surveys delivered through an on-line data capture platform.

Setting

Three TBI Model Systems rehabilitation hospitals, an academic medical center, and a military medical treatment facility.

Participants

Caregivers (N=560) of individuals with TBI; this included 2 different study samples: 344 caregivers of civilians with TBI and 216 caregivers of SMVs with TBI.

Intervention

Not Applicable.

Main outcome measures

Five Traumatic Brain I

SUBMITTER: Carlozzi NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6311445 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature