The investigation of early rehabilitation of in-patients with traumatic brain injury in Eastern China

Objective To master the rehabilitation in patients with traumatic brain injury in Eastern China, and provide evidence for clinicians to rehabilitate early, correctly and effectively. Methods All sampling of the TBI patients from 80 hospitals in Eastern China were clustered and were analyzed using SPSS 13.0. Results The rate of in-patients in Eastern China with early rehabilitative intervention was 4.68%,and the rate of male was higher than female (male to female ratio was 3.80:1), mean age was(40.10±16.33)years old, but there was no difference in gender(χ2 =3.23,P=0.072)and age(t=-0.819,P=0.413)for the early rehabilitative intervention.Local resident patients in early rehabilitative intervention was lower(χ2=8.28,P<0.05).The average length of stay for the early rehabilitative intervention patients was(39.57±34.22)d(t=-17.74,P<0.05),the average cost of hospitalization was(42 741.50 ±43 186.69)yuan(t=-18.96,P<0.05).The rate of average length of stay and average cost of hospitalization of the rehabilitative intervention patients were higher and more expensive than the patients who did not obtain early rehabilitative intervention,but did have higher unfavourable prognosis rate(χ2=85.45,P<0.05). Conclusion We advocate correct and early rehabilitative intervention for traumatic brain injury in patients with different degree, and promote not only the physical and functional rehabilitation, but also comprehensive rehabilitation such as the psychological treatment, family treatment and social regression. Key words: Eastern China; Traumatic brain injury; In-patient; Rehabilitation