@article{ref1,
title="What happens after the accident? Psychosocial needs of people with traumatic brain injury and their families",
journal="Gaceta Sanitaria",
year="2015",
author="Gifre, Mariona and Gil, Angel and Pla, Laura and Roig, Teresa and Monreal-Bosch, Pilar",
volume="29",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="60-65",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify factors that people with a traumatic brain injury and their families perceived as helping to improve their quality of life. <br><br>METHODS: Three focus groups and five interviews were conducted with a total of 37 participants: 14 persons with traumatic brain injury and 23 caregivers. A content analysis was conducted. The constant comparative method was applied. <br><br>RESULTS: We detected five factors that improved the quality of life of persons with a traumatic brain and their families: 1) Informal support (family and friends); 2) formal support (counseling, employment, built and bureaucratic environment); 3) type of clinical characteristics; 4) social participation, and 5) social visibility. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The needs expressed by our participants primarily focused on social and emotional factors. For persons with severe traumatic brain injury attempting to achieve the best possible community integration, a new semiology is required, not limited to medical care, but also involving social and psychological care tailored to the needs of each individual and family and their environment.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0213-9111",
doi="10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.02.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2015.02.002"
}