BOOK REVIEWS: Community integration following traumatic brain injury.
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Community Integration for After Acquired Brain Injury: A Literature Review
Objectives: This paper reviews the current literature on acquired brain injury (ABI) with a focus on ABI burden, importance of community integration, and community integration definitions suggested by the literature. Methods: Literature review Results: Acquired brain injury (ABI) is referred to a diverse range of disabilities resulted of injury in different parts of the brain. People with AB...
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Despite being the main cause of death and disability in young adults, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a rather neglected epidemic. Community integration of persons with TBI was, until recently, insufficiently informed by clinical research. RECENT FINDINGS To bridge the gap between rehabilitation and community re-entry, the first task is to assess the person, using TBI-specif...
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Previous studies that used objective measures of community integration found that in the first year after injury, minority groups with traumatic brain injury (TBI) exhibit lower levels of community integration than White participants. The objective of this study was to determine if this discrepancy persists beyond one year post injury, and if assessing subjective components of community integra...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the course and identify determinants of community integration for up to 3 years following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. PATIENTS A total of 119 moderate to severe traumatic brain injury patients aged 16-67 years. METHODS The Community Integration Questionnaire was completed at 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 and 36 months post-injury. R...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.54.5.476-a