TY - JOUR
T1 - Family needs in caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury from Colombia, South America
AU - Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos
AU - Quijano, Maria Cristina
AU - Aponte, Monica
AU - Cuervo, Maria Teresa
AU - Nicholls, Elizabeth
AU - Rogers, Heather Lynn
AU - Kreutzer, Jeffrey
N1 - Funding Information:
the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education (grant no. H133A070036). The authors report no further conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the most and least important family needs in a group of family caregivers of individuals with TBI from Cali, Colombia, and to examine which of those needs were more likely to be met and unmet. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting: Valle University Hospital in Cali, Colombia. Participants: Twenty-nine family caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury. Outcome measure: The Family Needs Questionnaire, a 40-item questionnaire divided into six sub-scales. Results: Health Information, Community Support Network and Professional Support Network sub-scales were the most important needs reported by this group of Colombian TBI family caregivers. The most frequently met needs in the present study fell within Health Information, Involvement with Care and Instrumental Support sub-scales and the most frequently unmet needs fell within the Emotional Support, Instrumental Support and Professional Support sub-scales. Conclusions: Family needs in caregivers of individuals with TBI from Colombia are similar, but more likely to be unmet, than those reported in previous studies. Interventions designed to meet family caregivers' needs in these areas should be implemented in Colombia.
AB - Objective: The aim of the present study was to determine the most and least important family needs in a group of family caregivers of individuals with TBI from Cali, Colombia, and to examine which of those needs were more likely to be met and unmet. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting: Valle University Hospital in Cali, Colombia. Participants: Twenty-nine family caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury. Outcome measure: The Family Needs Questionnaire, a 40-item questionnaire divided into six sub-scales. Results: Health Information, Community Support Network and Professional Support Network sub-scales were the most important needs reported by this group of Colombian TBI family caregivers. The most frequently met needs in the present study fell within Health Information, Involvement with Care and Instrumental Support sub-scales and the most frequently unmet needs fell within the Emotional Support, Instrumental Support and Professional Support sub-scales. Conclusions: Family needs in caregivers of individuals with TBI from Colombia are similar, but more likely to be unmet, than those reported in previous studies. Interventions designed to meet family caregivers' needs in these areas should be implemented in Colombia.
KW - Caregivers
KW - Family
KW - Traumatic brain injury
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77953643119
U2 - 10.3109/02699052.2010.490516
DO - 10.3109/02699052.2010.490516
M3 - Article
C2 - 20545455
AN - SCOPUS:77953643119
SN - 0269-9052
VL - 24
SP - 1017
EP - 1026
JO - Brain Injury
JF - Brain Injury
IS - 7-8
ER -