Headache after pediatric traumatic brain injury: a comparison between a post-acute sample of children and adolescents and general population.

Background: Headache is one of the most common post-concussion symptoms following pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). To better understand its impact on young individuals, this study aims to investigate the prevalence of headache in a German-speaking post-acute pediatric TBI sample and compare it with the general population. In addition, factors associated with the development of pediatric post-TBI headache are investigated to improve the understanding of this condition.

Users' Perspectives on the Organization of Rehabilitation Services - A Focus Group Study of User Organization Representatives in Norway.

Background: User organizations for people with disabilities in Norway work for social equality and participation, and quality of health services for people with disabilities, chronic illnesses and reduced functional capacity. Consideration of the experiences from user representatives is necessary when determining the quality and appropriateness of the rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation services constitute the provision and delivery of intangible products to maintain or improve functioning in individual patients or patient groups.

Health care costs and service utilization in the first year following moderate to severe traumatic injury.

Background: Most of the previous studies on costs following trauma have focused solely on in-hospital costs and costs associated with the acute treatment and early rehabilitation. As a result, post-hospital costs are often neglected in the estimation of total costs. We aimed to describe service utilization and total costs for health care services, rehabilitation services, and social support in the periods 0-6 months and 7-12 months after moderate-to-severe traumatic injury.

Patient satisfaction with rehabilitation services following traumatic brain injury: a quality registry study.

Objective: To examine factors associated with patient satisfaction with rehabilitation services received after traumatic brain injury.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Subjects/patients: Persons with mild to severe traumatic brain injury (n = 1,375) registered in the "Oslo TBI Registry - Rehabilitation" quality register at Oslo University Hospital from 1 January 2018-31 July 2022.

Family Health Care Needs in a Pediatric Population 6 Months After Moderate and Severe Physical Trauma.

: Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults. There is a lack of evidence-based literature and guidelines on supporting families after severe child injury. This study aimed to assess the family needs and factors associated with those needs.

Proposed categories for reporting of service organization in rehabilitation in clinical trials: a discussion paper.

Background: The lack of standardized reporting for crucial organizational factors in rehabilitation poses a significant barrier to understanding their impact on patient outcomes in clinical trials and meta-analyses.

Aim: Based on the categories in the International Classification of Service Organization in Rehabilitation (ICSO-R 2.0), we aimed to develop reporting standards specifically for organizational factors in clinical trials.

Self-management support program delivered in the sub-acute phase after traumatic injury-study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Background: Traumatic injuries, defined as physical injuries with sudden onset, are a major cause of distress and disability, with far-reaching societal consequences. A significant proportion of trauma survivors report persistent symptoms and difficulties after the injury, and studies show unmet health care needs. Self-management programs delivered in the sub-acute phase after traumatic injuries are scarcely evaluated.

Return to Work One Year after Moderate to Severe Traumatic Injury in a Working Age Population.

Physical trauma may cause long-term disabilities. The importance of place of residence in the return to work after injuries is little researched. The primary aims of this study were to describe return to work or school (RTW) at 6 and 12 months after moderate to severe traumatic injury and to investigate demographic and injury-related predictors for RTW with an initial focus on geographic centrality of residency.

The prognostic importance of traumatic axonal injury on early MRI: the Trondheim TAI-MRI grading and quantitative models.

Objectives: We analysed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings after traumatic brain injury (TBI) aiming to improve the grading of traumatic axonal injury (TAI) to better reflect the outcome.

Methods: Four-hundred sixty-three patients (8-70 years) with mild (n = 158), moderate (n = 129), or severe (n = 176) TBI and early MRI were prospectively included. TAI presence, numbers, and volumes at predefined locations were registered on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and diffusion-weighted imaging, and presence and numbers on T2*GRE/SWI.

Unmet rehabilitation needs in the first 6 months post-injury in a trauma centre population with moderate-to-severe traumatic injuries.

Objective: To describe the needs for subacute inpatient rehabilitation and community-based healthcare services, rehabilitation, and social support in patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic injury in the first 6 months post-injury. Further, to explore associations between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and unmet needs.

Design: Multicentre prospective cohort study.

Primary health care professionals' experiences with caring for patients with advanced Huntington's disease: a qualitative study.

Background: Huntington's disease (HD) has substantial impact on patients and carers' lives. Managing patients in the advanced phase of HD may be challenging to primary health care professionals. The aim of this study is to elicit health care professionals' experiences of managing the challenges with patients with advanced HD in primary health care.

The Effect of Recruitment Maneuver on Static Lung Compliance in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Single-Centre Prospective Clinical Intervention Study.

: The aim of this study was to examine whether the use of an alveolar recruitment maneuver (RM) leads to a significant increase in static lung compliance (Cstat) and an improvement in gas exchange in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. : A clinical prospective intervention study was conducted. Patients were divided into two groups according to their body mass index (BMI): normal-weight (group I) and pre-obese and obese grade I (group II).

Needs for Community-Based Rehabilitation Services and Support 12 Months After Moderate and Severe Physical Traumatic Injuries: A Brief Report.

Patients with physical traumatic injuries frequently require long-term rehabilitation services. To strengthen rehabilitation services in the postacute phase, we need to assess characteristics of this population and their healthcare and rehabilitation needs in the community. This brief report summarizes the frequency of unmet rehabilitation needs in community-based rehabilitation during the first year after moderate and severe trauma.

Lesion Frequency Distribution Maps of Traumatic Axonal Injury on Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging After Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Associations to 12 Months Outcome.

Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is a common finding on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and the burden of TAI is associated with outcome in this patient group. Lesion mapping offers a way to combine imaging findings from numerous individual patients into common lesion maps where the findings from a whole patient cohort can be assessed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatial distribution of TAI lesions on different MRI sequences and its associations to outcome with use of lesion mapping.

Frequency and predictors of headache in the first 12 months after traumatic brain injury: results from CENTER-TBI.

Background: Headache is a prevalent and debilitating symptom following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Large-scale, prospective cohort studies are needed to establish long-term headache prevalence and associated factors after TBI. This study aimed to assess the frequency and severity of headache after TBI and determine whether sociodemographic factors, injury severity characteristics, and pre- and post-injury comorbidities predicted changes in headache frequency and severity during the first 12 months after injury.

Unmet health care needs over the first 2 years after pediatric traumatic brain injury.

Aim: Few studies have addressed how children and adolescents with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) access health care and educational services. This study aimed to investigate the course of symptoms during the first two years after TBI, whether symptoms implied a need for health care and/or educational services, and the extent of unmet needs. The association between unmet needs and health-related quality of life was also explored.

Validity of the Norwegian Version of the Needs and Provision Complexity Scale (NPCS) in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and Atraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

There is a lack of validated measures in Scandinavian languages to track healthcare service needs and delivery for patients with neurological disabilities. The aim of the present study was to validate the Norwegian version of the clinician and patient Needs and Provision Complexity Scale (NPCS) Needs and Gets. Data on the NPCS from 60 adult patients with traumatic brain injury or atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and symptoms lasting >5 months were assessed for inter-rater/test-retest reliability and agreement, as well as concurrent validity with the Neurological Impairment Scale (NIS), the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), and the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ).

The Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective (PART-O): measurement properties of the Norwegian version after traumatic brain injury.

Objective: To translate and evaluate the validity of the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective (PART-O) in a Norwegian context.

Methods: One hundred and twenty persons with TBI with verified intracranial lesions and persistent symptoms lasting more than 2 years, included in a randomized controlled trial, rated their participation using the PART-O at baseline. The PART-O with its three subscales (Productivity, Out and About, and Social Relations) was translated to Norwegian.

Unravelling the current shortfalls, challenges, and opportunities in traumatic brain injury.

The brain is the control centre of the human body. Injury to the brain can have diverse and disabling effects. Yet there remain important unanswered questions for clinicians, those affected and their families.

Health-Related Quality of Life after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Quantitative Comparison between Children's and Parents' Perspectives of the QOLIBRI-KID/ADO Questionnaire.

Pediatric health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as a measure of subjective wellbeing and functioning has received increasing attention over the past decade. HRQoL in children and adolescents following pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) has been poorly studied, and performing adequate measurements in this population is challenging. This study compares child/adolescent and parent reports of HRQoL following pTBI using the newly developed Quality of Life after Brain Injury in Children and Adolescents (QOLIBRI-KID/ADO) questionnaire.

Participation in the Chronic Phase after Traumatic Brain Injury: Variations and Key Predictors.

Participation is of major importance for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study evaluates participation over a period of one year among persons with TBI in the chronic phase and explores sociodemographic, psychological, and environmental predictors of levels and trajectories of participation. One hundred and twenty home-living survivors of TBI with persistent injury-related consequences at least two years post-injury who participated in a goal-oriented randomized trial were assessed at baseline and after four and twelve months.

Functional Outcomes at 6 and 12 Months Post-Injury in a Trauma Centre Population with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Injuries.

This study aims to evaluate the global functional outcomes after moderate-to-severe traumatic injury at 6 and 12 months and to examine the sociodemographic and injury-related factors that predict these outcomes. A prospective cohort study was conducted in which trauma patients of all ages with a New Injury Severity Score > 9 who were discharged alive from two regional trauma centres in Norway over a one-year period (2020) were included. The Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) score was used to analyse the functional outcomes.

Dizziness-Related Disability One Year after a Mild-to-Moderate TBI-A Follow-Up Study.

Persisting dizziness and balance problems after mild-to-moderate traumatic brain injury (mmTBI) may result in considerable disability. The primary aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with dizziness-related disability one year post-injury. Data from 64 participants (mean age 39.