Authors
John Whyte, Risa Nakase-Richardson, Flora M Hammond, Shane McNamee, Joseph T Giacino, Kathleen Kalmar, Brian D Greenwald, Stuart A Yablon, Lawrence J Horn
Publication date
2013/10/1
Journal
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
Volume
94
Issue
10
Pages
1855-1860
Publisher
WB Saunders
Description
Objective
To characterize the 5-year outcomes of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) not following commands when admitted to acute inpatient rehabilitation.
Design
Secondary analysis of prospectively collected data from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research–funded Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS).
Setting
Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals participating in the TBIMS program.
Participants
Patients (N=108) with TBI not following commands at admission to acute inpatient rehabilitation were divided into 2 groups (early recovery: followed commands before discharge [n=72]; late recovery: did not follow commands before discharge [n=36]).
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
FIM items.
Results
For the early recovery group, depending on the FIM item, 8% to 21% of patients were functioning independently at discharge, increasing to 56% to 85% by 5 years …
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