TBI Publications

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 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 ...

Study examined racial-ethnic differences in depressive symptomatology after spinal cord injury (SCI) and investigated the relationship of multiple additional factors to depressive symptoms, including health behaviors, employment, fatigue, and pain interference. Data were collected from 1,063 participants identified from outpatient records of 3 specialty hospitals in different regions of ...

Study qualitatively analyzed data from a wellness program for patients with spina bifida (SB) and spinal cord injury (SCI) in order to generate software requirements for a goal-setting module within an existing mobile health (mHealth) system. The study also determined what educational content might be necessary to integrate into ...

Study identified groupings of community-dwelling individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a cohort recruited in Australia, and compared groupings from the Australian cohort to groupings previously developed for a cohort from the United States (US). A total of 170 participants with TBI from Australia and 504 participants with ...

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 provides information about some of the memory problems people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) may experience and what they can do to work around these difficulties. Memory is not just one kind of ability. There are several kinds of memory, and TBI affects some more than others.

Study evaluated 109 individuals with traumatic brain injury from the United States and India, including Christians, Hindus, and Muslims, to determine if right hemisphere/right parietal lobe (RH/RPL) selflessness is a universal neuropsychological foundation for spiritual transcendence across cultures and religions. Research has shown that increased spiritual transcendence is related ...

Study examined the temporal relationships between depression and behavioral dysfunction in the first year after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors hypothesized that 6-month depression would be the stronger contributor to 12-month depression and behavioral dysfunction in a sample of 88 adults with moderate-to-severe TBI. A structural equation ...

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 used cross-lagged panel and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques to examine causality between comprehensive indices of mental health (depression, anxiety, and life satisfaction) and functional independence in a national sample of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) over the first 2 years after injury. Participants were 4,674 individuals ...

Article describes the development and evaluation of the Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile, a patient-reported multidimensional assessment for understanding the social participation after burn injuries. One hundred ninety-two questions representing multiple social participation areas were administered to 601 burn survivors. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis ...

Study examined the characteristics and concerns of caregivers of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the first few months after the TBI survivor was discharged to the community. Data were collected during a randomized controlled trial involving 153 caregiver-survivor pairs, with 77 randomized to the treatment group and ...

The goals of this review paper are to present an overview of the literature on resilience in adults with ABI, to describe approaches to measuring resilience in clinical practice and to discuss practical suggestions for promoting resilience in rehabilitation of adults with ABI.

Study examined the length of time to return to work (RTW) and identified variables predictive of RTW among service members and veterans (SM/V) with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Participants were 293 SM/V enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) TBI Model Systems study who were of 18 to ...

Study examined the utilization of evidence-based practice (EBP) among rehabilitation clinicians. Specifically, it examined how various rehabilitative clinicians including physical therapists, occupational therapists, rehabilitation counselors, and physiatrists are gaining access to literature and whether they are able to implement the available research into practice. Twenty-one clinicians were interviewed by ...

Article describes the Project Career web portal designed assist students with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in postsecondary programs. Referred to as STAR, the portal provides information about: students with TBI, the technology that can be used to accommodate them, other accommodations that can be implemented in the classroom and ...

Study explored the stability of relationships and predictors of change in relationship status for service members and veterans 2 years after traumatic brain injury (TBI)/polytrauma. Participants were 357 active duty service members and veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers TBI Model Systems database ...

Study examined differences in patient outcomes across Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) rehabilitation centers and identified factors that influence these differences using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to analyze prospectively collected data. HLM is a multileveled, linear modeling approach that is especially useful when individuals are nested within centers. ...

Study identified the preferred sources of health information for caregivers supporting individuals with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), spinal cord injuries (SCI), or burn injuries and explored how access to this information could be improved. Thirty-two caregivers participated in semi-structured interviews, which were used in order to develop a more ...