Jean-Jacques Weiss

TL;DR: It is suggested that disability and executive dysfunctions were independent predictors of perceived burden, whereas demographics, injury severity, and Glasgow Outcome Scale at discharge from acute care did not significantly correlate with caregiver's burden.

TL;DR: The following factors were significantly predictive of nonreferral to rehabilitation: living alone, a lower income professional category, pretraumatic alcohol abuse, lower TBI severity, and transfer through a nonspecialized medical ward before discharge.

TL;DR: Four years after a severe traumatic brain injury, 44% of ICs experienced a heavy multidimensional burden and economic valuation showed that on average, ICs did not value their ICT as free and preferred to pay a mean Willingness-to-pay per hour to be replaced instead of being paid for providing care themselves.

TL;DR: Assessment of brain injury services utilization and their determinants using Andersen’s model illustrates strengths and weaknesses of late brain injury care provision in urban France and highlights the need to improve treatment of cognitive impairments.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the DEX is a multidetermined sensitive questionnaire to detect everyday life difficulties in patients with severe TBI at a chronic stage.