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

Born, Konstantin; Amsler, Felix; Gross, Thomas

doi:10.1186/s12955-018-0966-z

Table 5 Univariate correlation of outcome scores with patient and trauma characteristics

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

Pearson r	Age	Gender, female	ISS	NISS	NISS without AIS head squared	AIS head	AIS 1 head & neck	AIS 2 face	AIS 3 chest	AIS 4 abdomen	AIS 5 extremities	AIS 6 external lesions	RISC (%)	GCS initial	GCS lowest	High trauma energy	GOS	Discharge to a rehabilitation hospital
Q cognition	−0.16*	0.06	−0.11	−0.06	0.06	−0.16*	−0.15*	−0.10	0.01	0.09	−0.08	−0.06	−0.19**	0.11	0.13	0.00	0.14	−0.19**
Q self	−0.03	−0.04	−0.11	−0.05	−0.04	−0.03	−0.02	−0.13	−0.06	0.04	−0.16*	−0.02	−0.08	0.07	0.10	−0.07	0.12	−0.15*
Q daily life & autonomy	−0.11	0.03	−0.17*	−0.12	−0.13	−0.01	−0.01	−0.09	−0.06	0.02	−0.25***	−0.08	−0.14	0.14	0.18*	−0.14	0.27***	−0.23***
Q socia lrelationships	−0.03	− 0.01	−0.08	−0.07	−0.08	−0.01	0.02	−0.04	−0.12	−0.03	− 0.14	−0.04	−0.04	0.09	0.12	−0.17*	0.12	−0.17*
Q emotions	0.00	−0.02	−0.09	0.00	−0.03	0.01	0.03	−0.13	−0.06	0.00	−0.16*	−0.20**	−0.01	−0.03	0.01	−0.05	0.00	−0.15*
Q physical problems	−0.17*	0.02	−0.11	−0.05	−0.14	0.07	0.09	−0.08	−0.08	0.00	−0.28***	−0.17*	−0.11	0.03	0.06	−0.12	0.20**	−0.23***
QOLIBRI total score	−0.12	0.02	−0.13	−0.07	−0.04	−0.06	−0.05	−0.11	−0.05	0.04	−0.18*	−0.10	−0.14	0.09	0.13	−0.08	0.17*	−0.22**
SF-36 physical	−0.19*	0.01	−0.25***	−0.07	−0.24***	0.19**	0.17*	0.01	−0.19**	−0.08	−0.32***	−0.17*	−0.11	0.06	0.08	−0.15*	0.37***	−0.26***
SF-36 mental	0.01	−0.07	−0.04	−0.12	0.01	−0.14	−0.12	−0.14	0.06	0.12	−0.04	−0.01	−0.16*	0.11	0.15*	0.00	0.12	−0.05
EuroQoL	−0.10	0.00	−0.13	−0.02	−0.19**	0.16*	0.17*	−0.09	−0.14	−0.06	−0.39***	−0.22**	−0.02	0.03	0.05	−0.18**	0.23***	−0.19**
GOS (one-year follow-up)	−0.16*	0.05	−0.20**	−0.17*	−0.25***	0.09	0.10	−0.07	−0.05	−0.03	−0.26***	−0.11	−0.12	0.04	0.11	−0.12	0.37***	−0.22**
TOP mental functioning	−0.06	0.00	−0.16*	−0.08	−0.01	−0.09	−0.07	−0.14	−0.01	0.04	−0.12	−0.07	−0.15*	0.07	0.11	−0.04	0.22**	−0.22**
TOP number of conspicuous subscores	0.09	0.07	0.19**	0.08	0.15*	−0.06	−0.07	0.10	0.10	0.06	0.25***	0.15*	0.08	0.02	−0.01	0.09	−0.11	0.10
TOP physical component	−0.03	0.00	−0.20**	−0.07	−0.20**	0.14	0.13	−0.07	−0.12	−0.06	−0.31***	−0.18*	0.02	0.01	0.02	−0.09	0.16*	−0.13
TOP mental component	0.04	−0.03	−0.13	−0.08	−0.08	−0.01	0.01	−0.10	−0.01	−0.03	−0.17*	−0.14	−0.05	0.01	0.05	−0.08	0.08	−0.13

SF-36 trauma medical outcomes study Short Form-36 (physical and mental sum component), EuroQoL Euro Quality of Life, GOS Glasgow outcome score at one year follow-up, TOP Trauma Outcome Profile and dimensions, Q QOLIBRI (Quality of Life after Brain Injury), ISS Injury Severity Score, NISS New Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, RISC Revised Injury Severity Classification; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; GOS: Glasgow Outcome Scale at one year follow-up; Trauma energy: high vs. low
* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001

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