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ABSTRACT Objective: To examine racial differences in employment status and occupational status 1 year after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Longitudinal dataset of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database. Participants: Subjects with primarily moderate to severe TBI (3468 whites vs 1791 minorities) hospitalized between ...

ABSTRACT Cognitive deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly include difficulties with memory, attention, and executive dysfunction. These deficits are amenable to cognitive rehabilitation, but optimally selecting rehabilitation programs for individual patients remains a challenge. Recent methods for quantifying regional brain morphometry allow for automated quantification of tissue volumes in ...

Study compared the rehabilitation outcomes of burn patients admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) who were discharged to acute care and then readmitted to an IRF (repeaters) with those of burn patients admitted to an IRF only 1 time (nonrepeaters). A secondary analysis was performed of data from the ...

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Objective: The long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury affect millions of Americans, many of whom report using religion and spirituality to cope. Little research, however, has investigated how various elements of the religious and spiritual belief systems affect rehabilitation outcomes. The present study sought to assess the use of specifically ...

Discusses variables contributing to the necessity of a return to an acute care facility from an inpatient rehabilitation facility among people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Argues that history of pneumonia and history of recent surgery are significant contributing factors, with serum hemoglobin levels also exhibiting a trend ...

Study design: A process evaluation of a clinical trial. Objectives: To describe the roles ful?lled by peer health coaches (PHCs) with spinal cord injury (SCI) during a randomized controlled trial research study called ‘My Care My Call’, a novel telephone-based, peer-led self-management intervention for adults with chronic SCI 1+ ...

STUDY DESIGN: Literature review. OBJECTIVES: Utilizing individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) as a representative population for physical disability, this paper: (1) reviews the history of the concept of secondary conditions as it applies to the health of individuals aging with long-term disabilities; (2) proposes a definition of secondary health ...

Interviews were conducted with 24 women with spinal cord injury to investigate how women with SCI experience their sexuality. A conceptual model of sexual domains was proposed based on content analysis of the narratives. The proposed domains are: (1) self- versus other focus, (2) genital versus whole-body focus, (3) physical ...

Book providing answers to questions on sexuality for men and women with spinal cord injury (SCI). Discusses physical, social, and emotional aspects of sexuality.

Article presents health care issues related to skin breakdown in spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors. More specifically, this article discusses health issues that increase or decrease the risk of skin problems. The biological role and structure of skin is reviewed. Managable conditions such as diabetes, smoking and edema (swelling) are ...

Growing evidence indicates that the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) and its ligand a-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (a-MSH) have other functions in the skin in addition to pigment production. Activation of the MC1R/a-MSH signaling pathway has been implicated in the regulation of both inflammation and extracellular matrix homeostasis. However, little is known about ...

Study analyzed the compatibility of several databases to determine the feasibility of linking acute care and longitudinal trauma databases. The data dictionaries of 5 trauma databases were examined to determine the extent of common data collection. Databases included 2 acute care databases (American Burn Association’s National Burn Data Standard and ...

Study described pain intensity and interference at baseline and 1 year post injury in burn, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and spinal cord injury (SCI) survivors compared to each other and with the general population (GP). It also evaluated the feasibility and utility of custom Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System ...

Study evaluated the measurement properties of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), developed to quantify global quality of life and satisfaction. SWLS data were obtained from 17,897 individuals enrolled in the Model Systems funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). They included 8,566 people ...

Study compared the effects of long-term psychosocial functioning and mental health of a day hospital-based exercise program (DAYEX) versus a community-based exercise program (COMBEX). The Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) for both parent (CHQ-PF28) and child (CHQ-CF87) were used to assess changes in quality of life and mental health status in ...