TY - JOUR
T1 - Traumatic brain injury and quality of life
T2 - Initial Australian validation of the QOLIBRI
AU - Hawthorne, G.
AU - Kaye, A. H.
AU - Gruen, R.
AU - Houseman, D.
AU - Bauer, I.
PY - 2011/2
Y1 - 2011/2
N2 - The Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) is a new international instrument for assessing quality of life after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We report first use and validation. Patients previously admitted with TBI to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, were randomly sampled (n = 66, 61% response rate) and administered the QOLIBRI. Fifty-five re-completed it at 2-week follow-up. QOLIBRI scales (with two exceptions) met standard criteria for internal consistency, homogeneity and test-re-test reliability. Correlations with the Assessment of Quality of Life, Short Form-36 version 2 and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were moderate. The QOLIBRI was sensitive to the Glasgow Outcome Scale - Extended scores, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, and measures of social isolation (Friendship Scale). There was evidence that further refinement may improve the QOLIBRI. The QOLIBRI should be considered as an outcome measure by clinicians and researchers conducting treatment trials, rehabilitation studies or epidemiological surveys into the treatment or sequelae of trauma.
AB - The Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) is a new international instrument for assessing quality of life after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We report first use and validation. Patients previously admitted with TBI to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, were randomly sampled (n = 66, 61% response rate) and administered the QOLIBRI. Fifty-five re-completed it at 2-week follow-up. QOLIBRI scales (with two exceptions) met standard criteria for internal consistency, homogeneity and test-re-test reliability. Correlations with the Assessment of Quality of Life, Short Form-36 version 2 and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were moderate. The QOLIBRI was sensitive to the Glasgow Outcome Scale - Extended scores, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale, and measures of social isolation (Friendship Scale). There was evidence that further refinement may improve the QOLIBRI. The QOLIBRI should be considered as an outcome measure by clinicians and researchers conducting treatment trials, rehabilitation studies or epidemiological surveys into the treatment or sequelae of trauma.
KW - Clinical trials
KW - Evaluation
KW - Participant reported outcome
KW - QOLIBRI
KW - Quality of life
KW - Traumatic brain injury
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78651445613&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.06.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.06.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 21163654
AN - SCOPUS:78651445613
SN - 0967-5868
VL - 18
SP - 197
EP - 202
JO - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
IS - 2
ER -