Relationship between employability and vocational outcome after intensive holistic cognitive rehabilitation

Constraint-induced movement therapy for recovery of upper-limb function following traumatic brain injury

“…Thus, this population consists predominately of young males with a potential for employment. However, postinjury employment outcomes are disappointing [3][4][5][6]. Standardized tests of psychological distress confirm the common clinical impression that family caregivers of persons with TBI feel alienated, isolated, overwhelmed, and mentally preoccupied [6].…”

Community-integrated brain injury rehabilitation: Treatment models and challenges for civilian, military, and veteran populations

“…Unfortunately, most early studies are observational, without randomization or controls, and lack standardized approaches to treatment. In these early studies, comprehensive holistic/day-treatment CIR programs appear to produce gains that are maintained by most participants over time [22], increase societal participation [12], show better vocational outcomes [11], and improve self-and family ratings [23]. Effectiveness of the comprehensive holistic/day-treatment CIR program model appears to have cross-cultural relevance, with positive outcomes observed outside of the more common sites of the United Kingdom and the United States, including recent studies in Japan [24] and Finland [25].…”

“…Interventions target awareness, cognitive functions, social skills, and vocational preparation through individual, group, and familyinvolved interventions delivered by an interdisciplinary team [11]. These programs are among the most studied in the entire field of CIR, and while treatment guidelines are often site-specific, these programs are important facets of the rehabilitation continuum, providing observation, assessment, and dissemination of treatment techniques and intervention strategies [7,[11][12][13].…”

“…Early comprehensive CIR program studies date back almost two decades [7,11] and more references are found in the literature for this type of CIR program than any other. Unfortunately, most early studies are observational, without randomization or controls, and lack standardized approaches to treatment.…”

The evidence for the cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation following acquired brain injury

“…A before-and-after evaluation of a comprehensive programme by Ben-Yishay and colleagues 12 (n = 94) demonstrated that 84% of the previously unemployable/unproductive patients were able to achieve productive employment in some capacity. There was some fluctuation in sustainability of employment over three years follow-up.…”