Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 3 Outcome scores of patients with major vs. no or mild TBI

From: Prospective evaluation of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) score: minor differences in patients with major versus no or mild traumatic brain injury at one-year follow up

	No or mild TBI (n = 92)		Major TBI (n = 107)		Comparison
	n	Mean + SD	n	Mean + SD	p
Q cognition	92	78.10 ± 23.50	106	70.49 ± 27.20	0.038
Q self	92	72.46 ± 23.11	106	71.66 ± 23.54	0.812
Q daily life & autonomy	92	75.95 ± 25.09	106	76.6 ± 26.29	0.861
Q social relationships	92	75.56 ± 23.07	105	77.91 ± 20.23	0.448
Q emotions	92	81.85 ± 22.34	106	84.86 ± 21.49	0.336
Q physical problems	92	71.07 ± 25.58	106	76.47 ± 23.35	0.122
QOLIBRI total score	92	76.14 ± 20.77	106	74.87 ± 21.65	0.676
SF-36 physical	86	43.46 ± 10.68	100	47.33 ± 10.76	0.015
SF-36 mental	86	47.73 ± 14.25	100	44.98 ± 14.08	0.188
EuroQoL	92	0.68 ± 0.23	106	0.75 ± 0.22	0.017
GOS (one-year follow-up)	92	4.67 ± 0.56	105	4.75 ± 0.52	0.310
TOP mental functioning	92	69.29 ± 27.26	107	65.63 ± 27.35	0.347
TOP physical component	92	81.68 ± 18.35	105	87.03 ± 16.91	0.035
TOP mental component	92	78.20 ± 21.27	106	79.09 ± 19.94	0.762

No or mild TBI, no or mild traumatic brain injury (AIS head ≤ 2); major TBI, major traumatic brain injury (AIS head > 2); SF-36: trauma medical outcomes study Short Form-36 (physical and mental sum component); EuroQoL Euro Quality of Life; GOS Glasgow Outcome Scale at one year follow-up; TOP Trauma Outcome Profile and dimensions; Q: QOLIBRI, Quality of Life after Brain Injury

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