Community Reintegration Following Acquired Brain Injury
Brain Injury
McCabe, P., Lippert, C., et al. (2007).
Brain Injury, 21(2), 231-257.
This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness of any treatment or intervention on community reintegration for individuals with acquired brain injury. The majority of participants included in the review were individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (Canada)
Not stated
Published studies; experimental and non-experimental
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<div>Four studies were found regarding satisfaction and quality of life, including one non-randomized controlled trial. These results provided "limited evidence that more intensive and structured cognitive rehabilitation therapy provided in both groups and individual settings improves participants' satisfaction with community integration and cognitive functioning outcomes compared with standard, less structured multidisciplinary rehabilitation" (Limited Evidence; p. 254).</div>
<div>There was limited evidence to suggest that cognitive interventions increase the proportion of patients who successfully return to full time vocational activities following brain injury (Limited Evidence).</div>
