Working together to understand the factors which could be used to predict outcome following TBI, researchers examined factors related to social support, health, clinical care, biological markers, acute interventions, and longer-term outcomes.
A team of Australia's leading health researchers has developed a new 'dictionary' to better predict outcomes for people who have experienced a moderate-severe traumatic brain injury .
Consortium lead and Curtin University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Professor Melinda Fitzgerald said predicting each individual's outcome following a TBI was critical -- but also very difficult. "At present, there is no indicator or group of indicators that can sufficiently predict treatment outcome or responsiveness to allow for personalised acute care and rehabilitation for patients with TBI."
Co-author Dr Sarah Hellewell, from Curtin's Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and the Perron Institute, said providing personalised care to ensure the best outcomes for patients was critical, as TBIs are often catastrophic and have lifelong impact on patients, their families, workplaces, the criminal justice system and society as a whole.
Organisations also involved in the consortium include the Perron Institute, Telethon Kids Institute, Monash University, Griffith University, Deakin University, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne, University of Newcastle, Synapse, Hunter Medical Research Institute, John Hunter Hospital, Brightwater Care Group, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Epworth HealthCare.Melinda Fitzgerald, Jennie L.
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