TY - JOUR
T1 - Reduced community integration in persons following traumatic brain injury, as measured on the Community Integration Measure: An exploratory analysis
AU - Linden, Mark
AU - Crothers, I.R.
AU - O'Neill, S.B.
AU - McCann, J.P.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Objective: To explore the community integration of individuals who had suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and compare this to members of the general public.
Design: Independent groups design.
Setting: All participants were resident in Northern Ireland (NI). The brain injured participants were drawn from a Belfast-based social skills programme.
Participants: Thirty participants, ten survivors of TBI, ten male and ten female controls from the general public.
Main Outcome Measure: The Community Integration Measure (CIM)
Results: Analysis of variance showed no significant differences between males and females or between males and brain injured individuals. A significant difference was found between females and brain injured individuals (F(1,18)=4.51, P=0.048).
Conclusion: Females were more integrated into their communities than males, who were more integrated than brain injured individuals. It would appear that brain injury survivors are doubly disadvantaged. Their gender (mainly male), and the injury itself, conspires to reduce their integration with the wider community.
AB - Objective: To explore the community integration of individuals who had suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and compare this to members of the general public.
Design: Independent groups design.
Setting: All participants were resident in Northern Ireland (NI). The brain injured participants were drawn from a Belfast-based social skills programme.
Participants: Thirty participants, ten survivors of TBI, ten male and ten female controls from the general public.
Main Outcome Measure: The Community Integration Measure (CIM)
Results: Analysis of variance showed no significant differences between males and females or between males and brain injured individuals. A significant difference was found between females and brain injured individuals (F(1,18)=4.51, P=0.048).
Conclusion: Females were more integrated into their communities than males, who were more integrated than brain injured individuals. It would appear that brain injury survivors are doubly disadvantaged. Their gender (mainly male), and the injury itself, conspires to reduce their integration with the wider community.
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U2 - 10.1080/09638280500164180
DO - 10.1080/09638280500164180
M3 - Article
SN - 0963-8288
VL - 27(22)
SP - 1353
EP - 1356
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation
IS - 22
ER -