Health and wellness characteristics of persons with traumatic brain injury

Objective: To describe health and wellness characteristics of persons with TBI living in the community, compare to other disability populations and evaluate the associations between health-related constructs.Design: Observational.Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation hospital and a Veterans Affairs Medical Centre.Participants: Seventy-four community-dwelling adults with moderate-to-severe TBI.Interventions: None.Main measures: Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II (HPLP-II), Self Rated Abilities Health Practices Scale (SRAHP), Barriers to Health Promoting Activities for Disabled Scale (BHPAD), Medical Outcomes Study 12-Item Health Status Survey Short Form (SF-12), Personal Resource Questionnaire-adapted (PRQ-a), Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS), Diener Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools–Objective (PART-O).Results: Health-promoting behaviours, self-efficacy and barriers to health were comparable to other disability populations. Perceived health status, partic...