Evaluation of biperiden administered after traumatic brain injury: quality of life assessment

• Grant number: 23/14992-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2023
• End date: November 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Medical Clinics
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Eugenio Araujo de Moraes Mello
• Grantee: Beatriz Pereira Tavares
• Host Institution: Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/24561-5 - Epileptogenesis, biomarkers and post-traumatic epilepsy, AP.TEM

Abstract

Carrying out the project requires the application of questionnaires on quality of life, alcohol consumption and collection of socioeconomic data. The application of structured and validated questionnaires must be done systematically and uniformly, avoiding interpersonal variations. Its bases and bibliographic references are exposed in the main body of the project.The undergraduate student holding a scientific initiation scholarship will have general responsibilities for applying the different questionnaires correctly and within the scheduled periods and including the data in the electronic form (eCRF). In addition, you must write an initial project proposal, with its introduction, objectives, methodology, and expected results. During the execution of the work, you will participate in direct exchanges with different members of the team, you will participate in periodic meetings that address different topics of the project, from discussion of scientific articles, preliminary data and operational strategies.