TBI Publications

Article presents several types of authentication methods available to smartphone users to help ensure security of sensitive data from attackers and describes the applications of these authentication methods in telehealth. Specific to telehealth, use of mobile health (mHealth) apps for telehealth services has expanded in recent years. A plethora ...

Article describes a collaborative transition model and the preliminary results and lessons learned from a 5-year study evaluating the effects on embedded employment resources in schools, the impact of agency connections, and employment outcomes. The goal of the collaborative was to provide employment opportunities for transition-age youth by embedding ...

Article briefly provides an overview of Project Career, an interprofessional demonstration designed to support the academic and career success of college students who have sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Project Career merges the use of cognitive support technology (CST) and vocational rehabilitation practices to improve academic outcomes of civilian ...

Study examined vocational interests among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) as a function of gender and race approximately 10 years after SCI onset. A total of 247 participants completed the Strong Interest Inventory, a 291-item measure of vocational interests. Results showed that male participants more often indicated a ...

Study examined the construct validity of the Participation Measuree-3 Domains, 4 Dimensions (PM-3D4D), a multidimensional participation measure developed for use in rehabilitation practice. The PM-3D4D is a 19-item measure designed to evaluate participation in 3 domains (productivity, social, and community) across 4 dimensions (diversity, frequency, desire for change, and ...

Study examined the utility of the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI), a measure of postconcussion symptoms used within the Veterans Health Administration (VA), as an index of rehabilitation outcome. Participants were 159 veterans (14 percent with mild TBI; 86 percent with moderate-severe TBI) enrolled in the VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers ...

This case study provides an understanding of one participant’s experience using a telehealth service delivery approach to working with Project Career for academic and career support. Project Career is a five-year interprofessional demonstration project aimed to improve the academic and career success of undergraduate students who have a traumatic ...

Study qualitatively explored physical activity in the group home setting and determined what key stakeholders want from a physical activity program. Twenty stakeholders (residents with intellectual disability, support staff, and program coordinators) participated in one of three focus groups, separated by stakeholder status. Discussions were transcribed, coded, and analyzed. ...

Study examined how family caregivers of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) describe their quality of life in the context of their caregiving role. Fifty-two caregivers of adults with moderate or severe TBI (31 parents and 21 partners/spouses) were recruited from three data collection sites to participate in focus ...

Article describes a project underway to increase accessibility of standardized instruments for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and communicate using American Sign Language (ASL). The researchers propose the development of an online suite of valid assessment instruments in ASL focusing on substance abuse, mental health, ...

Article reports findings from a citation analysis of the top 100 most frequently cited neurorehabilitation papers to describe the research trends in the field. A search of papers indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection database yielded 52,581 papers. A candidate pool of the 200 most-cited papers published ...

Study examined individuals with disabilities’ social and community participation in relation to their access to transportation. A self-administered online questionnaire was disseminated to individuals with disabilities throughout the United States. Although 693 individuals responded, only 420 respondents were both 18 years of age or older and reported having a ...

Article describes how a systematic approach to knowledge translation (KT) was used in an iterative intervention development process that engaged key stakeholders at every phase. The goal of the Diversity Partners Project is to develop, test, and launch an innovative learning intervention to improve the relationships between employment service ...

Study evaluated the test-retest reliability of measures that comprise the follow-up interview of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) study. Follow-up interviews are typically conducted with the participant or proxy by phone at 1, 2, and 5 years postinjury and every 5 years thereafter. Participants were 224 persons ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...