Abstract
AbstractBackground: Family members can be confounded by cognitive and other changes that occur in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors, and feel burdened in providing their nursing care. Factors affecting mental health promotion in caregivers of patients with TBI-induced cognitive dysfunction have not been addressed fully. Objective: To maintain and improve mental health status of caregivers by clarifying the characteristics of TBI survivors and caregivers, and mental health status of caregivers. Methods: On a questionnaire survey, TBI survivors answered questions about their characteristics, activity of daily living, and symptoms of cognitive dysfunction, and caregivers answered questions about their characteristics and mental health status. We analyzed the impact of the individual levels of the items for TBI survivors and caregivers on the caregivers’ mental health status. Results: The mean General Health Questionnaire 30-item score was 14.8 ± 7.6 points, and mental illness was confirmed in 47 (75.8%)...
Highlights
Cognitive dysfunction caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects a patient’s information processing capability, memory, attention, and ability to react to stimulation (Lezak, 2004)
This study revealed that mental health status of caregivers is undermined when the nursing care period is short, and this period may 8 points or higher
Based on the results and discussions in this study, we believe the following three points are important for the support for home caregivers of TBI survivors: (1) reconstruction of the relationship between TBI survivors and their caregivers with no stress on either of them, based on the characteristics of the communication between them, (2) guidance for nursing care methods in the activities of daily living, which may affect communication with others such as cosmetic preparation and dressing appropriate for individual situations, and (3) support for physical control to continue nursing care life
Summary
Cognitive dysfunction caused by traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects a patient’s information processing capability, memory, attention, and ability to react to stimulation (Lezak, 2004). Some TBI survivors may have difficulty in daily life and social activities because of neurobehavioral Yusuke Suzuki ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Yusuke Suzuki is an associate Professor in Occupational therapy at the Shonan University of Medical Sciences. His research interest is mental health status of caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Members can be confounded by cognitive and other changes that occur in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors, and feel burdened in providing their nursing care. Methods: On a questionnaire survey, TBI survivors answered questions about their characteristics, activity of daily living, and symptoms of cognitive dysfunction, and caregivers answered questions about their characteristics and mental health status. The mental health status of the caregivers was more undermined when the nursing care period and sleep time of caregivers were short, when care was required for cosmetic preparation and dressing, and when the patient had symptoms of impaired executive dysfunction and social behavior
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