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Study investigated the efficacy of venlafaxine XR for the treatment of pain (secondary aim) in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) enrolled in a randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of venlafaxine XR for major depressive disorder (MDD) (primary aim). It also tested the hypothesis that venlafaxine XR would ...

Study assessed the frequency of emergency room visits (ERV) and emergency room related hospitalizations (ERH) and their likelihood as a function of demographic, injury, and socioeconomic characteristics among individuals with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI). A total of 1,579 participants with SCI completed mailed self-report questionnaires. Results showed that ...

Article provides clinicians with practical guidance on the evaluation and management of emotional and behavioral dyscontrol following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods of assessing emotional and behavioral dyscontrol are described briefly, and the importance of considering the differential diagnoses for these clinical phenomena is highlighted. Emotional dyscontrol is a ...

Article presents the consensus-based recommendations identified by the Employment and Economic Self-Sufficiency Strand of the National Goals 2015 Conference. The recommendations provide direction on research goals to advance policy and practice related to improving employment and economic self-sufficiency of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A discussion of the ...

A retrospective records review examined the services provided and outcomes achieved for 64 individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who were referred for supported employment services by a state vocational rehabilitation services agency. Employment specialists engaged in situational assessment, discovery, job development, customized job descriptions, on-site training and support, ...

Study compared the outcomes associated with implementation of supported employment (SE) with and without prior Project SEARCH with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Supports (PS-ASD) on wages earned, time spent in intervention, and job retention. The SE intervention uses a four-step process to assist job seekers in achieving stability in ...

Article presents the case studies of successful employment support for two young adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Contrary to reported employment outcomes for young adults with ASD, these two young people experienced success in their transition to employment as a result of intensive job coaching. Their supports included ...

Article explores the challenges, benefits, and procedures for conducting rigorous exploratory scoping reviews of diverse evidence in informing disability and rehabilitation research and practice. This journal published an article by Rumrill, Fitzgerald, and Merchant in 2010 explaining the utility of and process for conducting reviews of intervention-based research. There ...

Study examined the association of enteral nutrition (EN) with patient preinjury and injury characteristics and outcomes for patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were 1,701 patients admitted to 1 of 9 rehabilitation centers participating in a comparative effectiveness study in which patient characteristics, environmental factors, ...

Study identified and described environmental factors that influence participation of people with disabilities. Data were obtained through constant comparative, qualitative analyses of transcripts from 36 focus groups across 5 research projects conducted with 201 community-dwelling people with diverse disabilities (primarily spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and stroke) from ...

Article presents the results of a research project to develop measures of environmental factors that affect participation and defines an initial item set of facilitators and barriers to participation after stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. Instrument development included an extensive literature review, item classification and selection, ...

Study examined the overall and by-age characteristics of patients aged 16 years and older undergoing acute inpatient rehabilitation for a primary diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States between 2001 and 2010. Data were obtained from the TBI Model Systems National Database. The incidence of TBI ...

Study determined the comorbidities and complications that most commonly co-occur in adults aged 50 years and older with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were obtained from 2,134 adults 50 years of age or older with moderate/severe TBI enrolled in the TBI-Model Systems (TBI-MS) study from 2007 to 2014. International ...

Study evaluated the use of the Siebens Domain Management Model (SDMM) during geriatric inpatient rehabilitation (IR) to increase functional independence and dispositions to home in geriatric (aged 75 years or older). The SDMM involved weekly adjustments of IR care focused on potential barriers to discharge home. The preintervention group ...

Study compared the effect of a knowledge translation (KT) strategy using a secret Facebook group, on the knowledge of evidence-based employment research by individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Sixty individuals with TBI were recruited through clubhouse programs in the state where the researchers resided as well as through ...

Study compared the measurement properties and responsiveness to change of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-20 (HSCL-20), and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). This was a secondary analysis of depression symptoms measured ...

Study investigated differences between older stroke patients treated with the Siebens Domain Management Model (SDMM) and older patients not treated with the SDMM. The SDMM provides a patient management plan to provide a standard structure for all weekly multi-disciplinary conferences to assess patient problems, progress, and barriers to discharge ...

Study evaluated the use of the Siebens Domain Management Model (SDMM) during stroke inpatient rehabilitation (IR) to increase functional independence and rate of discharge to home. The SDMM involved weekly adjustments of IR care focused on potential barriers to discharge home including medical/surgical issues, cognitive/emotional coping issues, physical function, ...