@article{ref1,
title="Patients' recovery after severe TBI is associated with their close relatives' interpersonal functioning: a 12-months prospective cohort study",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2020",
author="Gaertner, Lynn H. C. and Tsur, Noga and Haller, Chiara S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<i>Objective</i>: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between relatives' interpersonal functioning and patients' recovery after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) across one year in Switzerland. <i>Design</i>: This prospective, multi-center cohort study is comprised of 188 adult patients with severe TBI (Abbreviated Head Injury Score > 3) and their relatives. Patients and relatives were assessed 3, 6, and 12 months post-injury. <i>Main outcome measures</i>: Interpersonal functioning (Patient Competency Rating Scale for Neurorehabilitation, PCRS-NR), Physical and Mental Health related Quality of Life (HRQoL, SF-12), and overall functioning (Glasgow Outcome Comma Scale Extended, GOSE). <i>Results</i>: Multilevel analyses showed that relatives' interpersonal functioning was positively associated with a) patients' mental HRQoL (<i>p</i> =.002; slope = 2.95; β =.24) independently of age, b) a moderation time*patients' physical HRQoL among patients > 50 years of age (<i>p</i> <.045; slope = 2.63; β =.2) and c) patients' GOSE among younger individuals (<i>p</i> <.001; slope =.60; β =.23). <i>Conclusion</i>: These findings show that health and overall functioning are linked with interpersonal dimensions. Thus, the interplay between relatives and patients with TBI needs to be further investigated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2020.1753241",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2020.1753241"
}