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    Self-reported outcomes and patterns of service engagement after an acquired brain injury: a long-term follow-up study


    Twomey, Deirdre M., Allen, Niamh, Agan, Maria L. F., Hayes, Aoife M., Higgins, Andrea, Carton, Simone, Roche, Richard, Hevey, David, Bramham, Jessica, Brady, Nuala and O’Keeffe, Fiadhnait (2021) Self-reported outcomes and patterns of service engagement after an acquired brain injury: a long-term follow-up study. Brain Injury, 35 (14). pp. 1649-1657. ISSN 0269-9052

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    Abstract

    Primary Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics, self-reported outcomes in domains relating to activities of daily living and patterns of service engagement in the survivors of a moderate-to-severe acquired brain injury over seven years. Research Design: A longitudinal research design was used. Methods and Procedures: Thirty-two individuals who sustained a moderate-to-severe acquired brain injury completed a Sociodemographic and Support Questionnaire at one (t1) and seven years (t2) after completing a publicly funded inpatient neurorehabilitation program. Main Outcomes and Results: There were minimal changes in independent living, mobility, ability to maintain key relationships and in return to work in the interval between t1 and t2. Sixty-nine percent of participants engaged with two or more allied health professional services and 75% engaged with support services in the community over the seven years. Conclusions: There were minimal additional gains in outcomes relating to activities of daily-living and there was a high level of service need in the first decade postinjury. Young and middle-aged individuals who sustain an ABI may continue to live in the community for decades with some level of disability and may require ongoing access to services
    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Cite as: : Deirdre M. Twomey, Niamh Allen, Maria L. F. Agan, Aoife M. Hayes, Andrea Higgins, Simone Carton, Richard Roche, David Hevey, Jessica Bramham, Nuala Brady & Fiadhnait O’Keeffe (2021) Self-reported outcomes and patterns of service engagement after an acquired brain injury: a long-term follow-up study, Brain Injury, 35:14, 1649-1657, DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2021.2004617
    Keywords: Acquired brain injury; ABI; longitudinal outcomes; longitudinal service engagement;
    Academic Unit: Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 17232
    Identification Number: 10.1080/02699052.2021.2004617
    Depositing User: Richard Roche
    Date Deposited: 25 May 2023 13:22
    Journal or Publication Title: Brain Injury
    Publisher: Research Gate
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/17232
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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