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Semlyen, J. K. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5372-1344, Summers, S. J. and Barnes, M. P.
(1998)
Aspects of caregiver distress after severe head injury.
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 12 (2).
pp. 53-59.
ISSN 1545-9683
Abstract
The caregivers of 22 severely head-injured individuals were interviewed at 6 and 12 months post injury to obtain information about the extent of their distress and to investigate the relationship between their distress and two aspects of burden: caregivers' perceptions of the head-injured person's problems and an objective assessment of functional independence. Caregivers reported high levels of distress. The factors associated with caregiver distress included the number of perceived problems at 6 months post injury, the overall level of disability, and certain aspects of functional independence at both 6 and 12 months, particularly if the person required assistance with self-care and home-based tasks. Implications for rehabilitation of both the head-injured individual and his or her caregivers are examined, especially with reference to issues surrounding return to the community.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | caregivers,functional outcome,ghq-28,head injury,newcastle independence assessment form (niaf),psychological distress |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2016 15:02 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 01:10 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59013 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/154596839801200202 |
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