Productivity after neuropsychologically oriented milieu rehabilitation
作者:
George Prigatano,
Pamela Klonoff,
Kevin O'Brien,
Irwin Altman,
Kiran Amin,
Dennis Chiapello,
Janet Shepherd,
Marie Cunningham,
Maria Mora,
期刊:
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
(OVID Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 91-102
ISSN:0885-9701
年代: 1994
出版商: OVID
关键词: productivity after neuropsychologlcal rehabilitation
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Thirty-eight traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who underwent a neuropsychologically oriented milieu rehabilitation program were compared with an historical control group of 38 TBI patients who did not receive this form of rehabilitation. Patients were matched according to admitting Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, age at injury, and gender. Educational level and chronicity of brain injury were not completely matched but were controlled for in statistical analyses. A greater number of TBI patients who received this form of rehabilitation were productive (ie, a student, a worker, or both) compared with the untreated group. A good or excellent working alliance with the rehabilitation staff was significantly related to a positive productivity status. The same finding was observed when assessing the relationship of the working alliance with the patients' families and productivity status. The data support the proposition that specialty neurorehabilitation programs aimed at work reentry may be helpful in a selected group of TBI patients.
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