Discrepancy between disability and reported well-being after traumatic brain injury

Isabel Rosalie Arianne Retel Helmrich, David van Klaveren, Nada Andelic, Hester Lingsma, Andrew Maas, David Menon, Suzanne Polinder, Cecilie Røe, Ewout W Steyerberg, Ernest Van Veen, Lindsay Wilson, CENTER-TBI Participants and Investigators, Daniel Kondziella (Medlem af forfattergruppering), Martin Ejler Fabricius (Medlem af forfattergruppering)

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Following traumatic brain injury (TBI), the clinical focus is often on disability. However, patients' perceptions of well-being can be discordant with their disability level, referred to as the 'disability paradox'. We aimed to examine the relationship between disability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following TBI, while taking variation in personal, injury-related and environment factors into account.

METHODS: We used data from the Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury study. Disability was assessed 6 months post-injury by the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE). HRQoL was assessed by the SF-12v2 physical and mental component summary scores and the Quality of Life after Traumatic Brain Injury overall scale. We examined mean total and domain HRQoL scores by GOSE. We quantified variance in HRQoL explained by GOSE, personal, injury-related and environment factors with multivariable regression.

RESULTS: Six-month outcome assessments were completed in 2075 patients, of whom 78% had mild TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15). Patients with severe disability had higher HRQoL than expected on the basis of GOSE alone, particularly after mild TBI. Up to 50% of patients with severe disability reported HRQoL scores within the normative range. GOSE, personal, injury-related and environment factors explained a limited amount of variance in HRQoL (up to 29%).

CONCLUSION: Contrary to the idea that discrepancies are unusual, many patients with poor functional outcomes reported well-being that was at or above the boundary considered satisfactory for the normative sample. These findings challenge the idea that satisfactory HRQoL in patients with disability should be described as 'paradoxical' and question common views of what constitutes 'unfavourable' outcome.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
Vol/bind93
Udgave nummer7
Sider (fra-til)785-96
Antal sider12
ISSN0022-3050
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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