Descriptive study, with quantitative approach, developed in the Clinic of the Cranium Trauma with 50 caregivers and 50 victims of Traumatic Brain Injury, with the objective to verify the presence of depressive symptoms and its association with the passed time of the traumatic event and the condition of the victim six months or more time after the trauma. The Inventory of Depression by Beck was applied to the caregivers and Glasgow Results Scale in the evaluation of the condition of the victims, applied the test homogeneity Qui-square and the coefficient of correlation by Pearson. Of the appraised caregivers 34% presented suggestive results of depression, there was not association among the categorization for the Inventory of Beck and the classification in the Glasgow Results Scale and time of the trauma, in other words, the presence of depressive symptoms in the caregiver does not seem to be related with the condition of the victim and the passed time after the traumatic event.
Brain Injuries; Depression; Caregivers; Family nursing
