Experience Of Self Care, Family Care And Quality Of Life Of The Posttraumatic Brain Injury Patient For Hospital Accreditation In A Selected Accreditation Hospital

Abstract

The purpose of this qualitative research was to study self care, Family Care and quality of life of post traumatic
Brain Injury patients. Data were collected through documents and in-depth interviews with 30 informants.
Fifteen of them were the post traumatic brain Injury patients and another fifteen were the caretakers or family
members of the post traumatic Brain Injury patients. The following results were found.
The results showed that Patients and their families define self-care for traumatic brain injury as obstacles in
one's life and it affects the normal lifestyle that has changed from the original. unable to help himself as he used
to in the early stages both in terms of eating exercise, rest, excretion, social interaction personal hygiene and
stress management However, an interesting observation is that if there is a good hospital discharge plan, This
will enable brain injury patients to be able to care for and manage themselves more.
In terms of family care of the post traumatic brain injury patients were taken care of closely. In other words,
each family was concerned about taking care of the post traumatic brain Injury patients in which the family
members responsible for providing meals for them, maintaining their good health, handling the family, financial
status and taking the post traumatic Brain Injury patients to friends and places This shows that the way of living
in Sakaeo community was still remarkably rural like in spite of its transformation into a semi-urban rural
community.
Regarding the Quality of Life of the post traumatic brain Injury patients in a selected a accreditated hospital in
Sakaeo province. The majority of post traumatic brain injury patients were satisfied with their own quality of life
primary because of the stabilities of their residence and economy. Some of them even earned themselves by
working in the form of mutual leisure activities. From the reasons that they were taken care of well by their
family members and they could help themselves, the post traumatic brain injury patients felt no need to ask for
more things from the caretakers and thus were happy to live their old lives.