Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Mar 2006
Health-related quality of life during the first year after traumatic brain injury.
To document health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to examine the relationship between TBI severity and HRQOL during the first year after injury. ⋯ Moderate or severe TBI resulted in measurable declines in children's HRQOL after injury. Injury-related factors impacted HRQOL more compared with patient and family characteristics during the first year after injury.