@article{ref1,
title="Community integration and health-related quality-of-life following acquired brain injury for persons living at home",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2016",
author="Gerber, Gary J. and Gargaro, Judith and McMackin, Sally",
volume="30",
number="13-14",
pages="1552-1560",
abstract="PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To study predictors of community integration (CI) and health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) in a sample of Canadian adult, urban, multi-ethnic persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) receiving publicly-funded community services. Hypothesis 1 examined the predictive utility of age, ratings of disability, functioning and cognition for CI and HRQoL. Hypothesis 2 examined the correlation between CI and HRQoL. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cohort study. <br><br>METHODS AND PROCEDURES: A convenience sample of community-residing clients completed measures with their care co-ordinators: Resident Assessment Instrument-Home Care (RAI-HC), Disability Rating Scale (DRS), Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) and the Quality-of-Life after Brain Injury Instrument (QOLIBRI). <br><br>RESULTS: Regression analysis showed DRS scores explained significant variance in CIQ and QOLIBRI. Correlations also showed that cognitive skill and ADL/IADL functioning are strongly related to CI and the Daily life and autonomy QOLIBRI sub-scale. The CIQ Total was not correlated with QOLIBRI Total, although there were some significant correlations between the CIQ social sub-scale and QOLIBRI. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Lesser degree of disability is a key predictor of greater CI and QoL. The present findings suggest that rehabilitation efforts should focus on minimizing disability and promoting social integration and involvement to avoid adverse long-term effects of ABI for community-resident persons.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2016.1199896",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2016.1199896"
}