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Family members’ experiences of driving disruption after acquired brain injury
- Source :
- Brain Injury. 31:517-525
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- 1) To explore family members' lived experiences of driving disruption at early and later stages of the recovery continuum following acquired brain injury (ABI). 2) To describe health-related quality of life of family members of individuals with ABI who are experiencing driving disruption.Mixed methods phenomenological research approach.Semi-structured interviews and health-related quality of life questionnaires were conducted with 15 family members of individuals with ABI (early group: 1-12 months post-injury, n = 6; later group:1 year post-injury, n = 9).Two main themes were identified: Different for everyone: how driving disruption affects families, and Making it harder: context of driving disruption. The challenges of driving disruption were reported more frequently and with a more intense focus by family members who were caring for their relative for more than 1 year post-injury. This group also reported higher caregiver strain and poorer health-related quality of life. Reduced satisfaction with life, poor mental health and affected family functioning were reported by both groups.Driving disruption impacts on family members and has long-lasting consequences. It is important for clinicians to work with family members to manage these challenges even years after ABI and consider individual contextual factors.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Automobile Driving
030506 rehabilitation
Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Poison control
Context (language use)
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
Cost of Illness
Surveys and Questionnaires
Injury prevention
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Family
Acquired brain injury
Aged
Human factors and ergonomics
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Caregivers
Brain Injuries
Quality of Life
Female
Neurology (clinical)
0305 other medical science
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1362301X and 02699052
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Brain Injury
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fc22ee688aef36adb9a5f90cab7ecf79