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Study examined sex-based differences in self-reported and close other-reported perceptions of pragmatic communication skills in adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants included 160 adults with medically documented TBI and 81 adults without TBI who served as a control group. One family member or friend was nominated by each ...

Study examined specific aspects of sexual functioning (frequency, desired frequency, importance, and satisfaction) and their relationship to fatigue in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared with those without brain injury. The relationship of demographic variables, emotional well-being, and health-related quality of life to sexual functioning was also explored. ...

This literature review examined specific issues related to sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in spinal cord injury (SCI), including the incidence, prevalence, symptoms, evaluation, treatment, and outcomes. An extensive search of PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL and Web of Science databases was conducted to identify relevant studies. Of the 703 articles ...

This article critically analyzes the social hierarchy of physical versus mental impairment. The authors posit that a hierarchy of impairment attributes exists in law and practice that regulate the compensation available to employees who are injured at work resulting in physical and sensory versus mental disabilities. Using legal doctrinal ...

Article addresses the expectation of an evidence-based standard to determine assistive technology (AT) product efficacy, and the impact of this standard on the transfer, use, and payment for assistive technologies designed for persons with disabilities. The authors discuss alternative options for evidence of AT effectiveness, recommendations on how to develop ...

Study explored behavioral and psychological strategies of stigma management and control in a group of people in recovery from severe mental illness. Participants were recruited from small-scale congregate housing units (recovery communities) for people in recovery, provided by a public mental health agency. Regular focus groups were conducted at ...

Study evaluated strategies used by healthy adults coached to simulate traumatic brain injury (TBI) during neuropsychological evaluation. Fifty-eight healthy adults were coached to simulate TBI while completing a test battery consisting of multiple performance validity tests (PVTs), neuropsychological tests, a self-report scale of functional independence, and a debriefing survey ...

Study examined the effects of strategy training, a behavioral intervention used to augment usual inpatient rehabilitation, on apathy symptoms over the first 6 months after stroke. Thirty participants with acute stroke who exhibited cognitive impairments and were admitted for inpatient rehabilitation were randomized to receive strategy training (1 session ...

Study measured compliance with evidence-based management (EBM) guidelines for management of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its impact on patient outcome. This was a secondary analysis of data collected from 2,056 patients with blunt TBI from 11 Level I trauma centers over a 2-year period. The authors measured ...

Study identified and described the subtypes of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) that arise a consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A retrospective chart review was performed of patients with moderate-to-severe TBI with subsequent development of medically refractory epilepsy referred for video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring at a single center over a 10-year ...

Study examined the level of supervision needed across residential settings at 1 year following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and explored predictors of supervision in a military service member and veteran population. Data were obtained from 302 participants with moderate-to-severe TBI enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) TBI ...

Article reviews existing literature on positive psychology, supported decision-making (SDM), employment, and disability. It examines interventions and assessments that have been empirically evaluated for the enhancement of decision-making and overall well-being of people with disabilities. Additionally, conceptual themes present in the literature were explored. Seven database searches were conducted ...

Article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a pilot staff intervention designed to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in community participation by collaborating with agency staff and administrators to strategize change in service provision and programming. The aims of the intervention were to: (1) share ...

Study examined the current state of physical activity research for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by utilizing the Behavioral Epidemiological Framework, which describes a sequence of 5 phases used to categorize health-related behavioral research. After searching MEDLINE, PUBMED, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and several major areas within EBSCOHOST (2000 to ...

This article considers how knowledge translation strategies can support and advance systematic reviews that include diverse types of research. Lessons learned from conducting a systematic review of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) employment research are explained and contextualized within research on barriers and facilitators to successful knowledge translation. A ...

Study systematically reviewed the evidence on interventions for posttraumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). Multiple databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies published in English through January 22, 2014, on interventions targeting PTBIF as a primary or secondary outcome. Reference sections were also reviewed to identify additional articles. Articles were rated ...

This chapter describes the steps and techniques for performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It presents step-by-step procedures, starting from an overview, then moving on to defining research questions, searching research articles in journal article indexing databases, selecting articles based on the research question and inclusion and exclusion criteria, extracting ...

Article describes the development and calibration of the Traumatic Brain Injury Quality-of-Life (TBI-QOL), a comprehensive patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measurement system specifically for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The TBI-QOL was developed in 2 distinct phases. The initial phase focused on development of the domain structure, evaluation of extant ...