Traumatic Brain Injury Thesis

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Increasing Quality of Life and Awareness of Deficits in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study Synopsis of the journal The article entitled "Increasing the Quality of Life and Awareness of Deficits in Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Study has been written by Rupa Chandrashekar and John J. Benshoff from Southern Illinios University. This article is extracted from the Journal of Rehabilitation, April-June issue, 2007, Volume 73, and Second Edition from page 50 to 56. Problem Statement In America, the estimated number of persons with traumatic brain injury who will incur long-term disability each year is estimated to be between 80,000 to 90,000. For these persons, awareness of deficits and positive perceptions…show more content…
Persons with traumatic brain injury who participated in six weeks of the Quality of Life and Awareness Training (QLAT) were compared to persons who did not participate in six weeks of the QLAT to see if they differed significantly in the way that they perceived quality of life and awareness of their deficits. Therefore the research questions sought to determine if persons with traumatic brain injury who participate in six weeks of the Quality of Life and Awareness Training differ significantly from persons who do not participate in six weeks of the Quality of Life and Awareness Training in the way that they perceive their quality of life. Secondly, if persons with traumatic brain injury who participate in six weeks of the Quality of Life and Awareness Training differ significantly from persons who do not participate in six weeks of the Quality of Life and Awareness Training in awareness of their deficits. Research…show more content…
In factorial research design, the effects of two or more variables are examined at the same time by making groupings of every combination of the variables. It would be analyzed with what is called a two-way analysis of variance (two-way ANOVA) because it considers the effects of two variables that divide the groups. Two-way ANOVA can be used to test the effects of variables on the dependent variables which is the lack of awareness differences based on gender and age, and interaction effects of lack of awareness to the quality of life and vice

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