TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary caregiver distress following severe head injury
AU - Novack, Thomas A.
AU - Bergquist, Thomas F.
AU - Bennett, Gerald
AU - Gouvier, William Drew
PY - 1991/12
Y1 - 1991/12
N2 - Forty-five primary caregivers of traumatically head-injured individuals completed measures of anxiety, depression, and level of disability. Anxiety, not depression, was a major problem at rehabilitation admission but had improved by patient discharge. Similar levels of anxiety were noted at 3-month follow-up. Caregiver anxiety was not related to level of disability of the injured person and may, in part, be related to style of coping with stress. Methods for decreasing caregiver anxiety are addressed.
AB - Forty-five primary caregivers of traumatically head-injured individuals completed measures of anxiety, depression, and level of disability. Anxiety, not depression, was a major problem at rehabilitation admission but had improved by patient discharge. Similar levels of anxiety were noted at 3-month follow-up. Caregiver anxiety was not related to level of disability of the injured person and may, in part, be related to style of coping with stress. Methods for decreasing caregiver anxiety are addressed.
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U2 - 10.1097/00001199-199112000-00014
DO - 10.1097/00001199-199112000-00014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025887588
SN - 0885-9701
VL - 6
SP - 69
EP - 76
JO - Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
IS - 4
ER -