title: Is the social network analysis necessary in the rehabilitation of individuals with head injury?
abstract: A social network is a support system in which one can obtain assistance for simple daily needs and in emergency situations. A diminished social network can result in failure to integrate into normalized environments. The results of this investigation clearly showed that social networks among a group of 70 people who were traumatically brain injured had significantly fewer members than a control group of non-injured respondents. Additionally, the make-up of social networks was different. Specifically, respondents who were traumatically brain injured had social networks consisting mainly of family and staff members of the rehabilitation facility, while non-injured respondents had mostly friends or acquaintances, coworkers, and family members, in that order.
authors.affiliation: Res-Care/Premier Rehabilitation Center, Downs Grove, IL, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Zencius
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wesolowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000523:psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support