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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2022

Pain interference and health-related quality of life in caregivers of service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury and mental health comorbidity.

Tracey A Brickell, Megan M Wright, Hamid Ferdosi, Louis M French, Rael T Lange

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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  3. Low resilience is associated with worse health-related quality of life in caregivers of service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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  4. Health outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in caregivers of service members and veterans with traumatic brain injury.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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  5. Caregiver sleep impairment and service member and veteran adjustment following traumatic brain injury is related to caregiver health-related quality of life.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tracey A BrickellTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA. tbrickell.dvbic@gmail.com.
Megan M WrightTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Hamid FerdosiGeneral Dynamics Information Technology, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Louis M FrenchTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Rael T LangeTraumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center · USGeneral Dynamics (United States) · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo examine (1) the relationship between caregiver pain interference with caregiver health-related quality of life (HRQOL), caregiver age, and service member/veteran (SMV) functional ability, and (2) change in caregiver pain interference longitudinally over 5 years.

methodParticipants were 347 caregivers of SMVs diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Caregivers completed the SF-12v2 Health Survey Bodily Pain scale at an initial baseline evaluation and up to four annual follow-up evaluations. Caregivers were divided into three pain interference groups: High Pain Interference (n = 104), Neutral Pain Interference (n = 117), and Low Pain Interference (n = 126). Caregivers also completed 15 HRQOL measures and a measure of SMV functional ability.

resultsThe High Pain Interference group reported more clinically elevated scores on 13 measures compared to the Low Pain Interference group, and seven measures compared to the Neutral Pain Interference group. The Neutral Pain Interference group had more clinically elevated scores on three measures compared to the Low Pain Interference group. The High and Neutral Pain Interference groups were older than the Low Pain Interference group. Parent caregivers were older than intimate partner/sibling caregivers, but did not report worse pain interference. Caregiver age, and measures of Fatigue, Strain, Perceived Rejection, and Economic QOL were the strongest predictors of pain interference (p < .001), accounting for 28.2% of the variance. There was minimal change in Bodily Pain scores over five years. The interaction of time and age was not significant (X

conclusionIt is important to examine pain in the context of HRQOL in caregivers, regardless of age.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticMilitary PersonnelVeteransCaregiversComorbidityHumansMental HealthPainQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesHealth-related quality of lifeMilitary caregiverPain interferenceService member veteranTraumatic brain injury

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