Alleviation of carer strain during the use of the Neuropage device by people with acquired brain injury.

Thomas W Teasdale (1) , Hazel Emslie (2) , Kirsten Quirk (3) , Jonathan Evans (4) , Jessica Fish (2) , Barbara Wilson (2)

1 UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet
2 MRC CBU - Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
3 Oliver Zangwill Centre, Princess Diana Hospital, Ely
4 Section of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow

Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of a paging system, Neuropage®, in compensating for memory and planning dysfunctions among people with acquired brain injury (ABI, mainly stroke and traumatic brain injury). We here investigated the degree to which this efficacy is accompanied by a reduced experience of strain among their carers.

Mots clés: HEAD INJURY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION; brain injury; carer strain; neuropage

Thomas W Teasdale, Hazel Emslie, Kirsten Quirk, Jonathan Evans, Jessica Fish, et al.. Alleviation of carer strain during the use of the Neuropage device by people with acquired brain injury.. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 2009, 80 (7), pp.781. ⟨10.1136/jnnp.2008.162966⟩. ⟨hal-00552725⟩