FUNCTIONAL ABILITIES AND DISTRESS LEVELS IN BRAIN INJURED PATIENTS AT LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 63  (4) , 160-162
Abstract
An investigative long-term follow-up study of brain injured individuals who had been inpatients in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program was conducted by a mailed questionnaire. Level of distress, gauged by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), was compared to the level of functional abilities as determined by a shortened self-report version of the Patient Evaluation Conference System (PECS). Functional skills compared included self-care, mobility, living arrangements, communication, recreation/leisure, and education/employment. Significant negative relationships of distress levels to independence in self-care, mobility, living arrangements and communication were found.

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