Journal article
A 3-Country Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury Practices and Capacity
World neurosurgery, Vol.146, pp.e517-e526
02/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.115
PMCID: PMC7897235
PMID: 33127569
Abstract
The World Health Organization predicts a striking rise in the burden of traumatic brain injury (TBI) burden in the next decades. A disproportionately large increase is predicted in low- and middle-income countries, which have brain injury rates 3 times higher than high-income countries. The aim of this study was to identify current TBI practices and treatment capacity in 3 low- and middle-income countries: Republic of Armenia, Georgia, and Republic of Moldova.
After a national inventory of hospitals treating TBI, a situational analysis was conducted in the highest volume adult and pediatric hospital in each country. The situational analysis included key informant interviews with content analysis and a quantitative checklist of treatment resources.
All 3 countries follow international, national, and hospital protocols for TBI treatment, and the in-hospital management of patients with TBI is similar to international standards in all 3 countries. Although health care specialists were well trained, however, lack of proper equipment, a scant number of hospitals outside the capital region, lack of specialized personnel in regional areas, and lack of rehabilitation services were mentioned as difficulties in interviews from all 3 countries.
Particular gaps were found in pre-hospital and rehabilitative care, as well as national leadership and data collection. Surveillance and standardized data collection are important measures to fill treatment gaps and reduce the burden of TBI.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A 3-Country Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury Practices and Capacity
- Creators
- Diana Dulf - Department of Public Health, College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaMadalina-Adina Coman - Department of Public Health, College of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Electronic address: madalina.coman@publichealth.roArtashes Tadevosyan - Department of Public Health and Healthcare Organization, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Republic of ArmeniaNino Chikhladze - Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, GeorgiaSerghei Cebanu - Department of Hygiene, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Republic of MoldovaCorinne Peek-Asa - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- World neurosurgery, Vol.146, pp.e517-e526
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.115
- PMID
- 33127569
- PMCID
- PMC7897235
- NLM abbreviation
- World Neurosurg
- ISSN
- 1878-8750
- eISSN
- 1878-8769
- Grant note
- D43 TW007261 / FIC NIH HHS R21 NS098850 / NINDS NIH HHS
- Alternative title
- A-Three Country Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury Practices and Capacity
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2021
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984215141002771
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