title: Use of community integration questionnaire (CIQ) to characterize changes in functioning for individuals with traumatic brain injury who participated in a post-acute rehabilitation programme.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluate changes in community integration for survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI) who participated in a post-acute rehabilitation programme.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort, prospective study investigating change from admission to post-discharge.
  
  
  METHODS
  Individuals, the majority of whom were diagnosed with severe TBI, were placed into one of two groups as follows: (1). admitted for treatment less than 1 year post-injury (L1Y) or (2). admitted for treatment between 1-5 years post-injury (G1Y).
  
  
  METHODS
  The Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both groups showed significant improvements from admission to follow-up; however, some CIQ findings were more pronounced for the L1Y group. Reliable change (RC) methodology was used to assess individual change. Results of this approach were consistent with group results, but tempered the perception of degree of change.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings cannot simply be attributed to neurological recovery and individual factors are important to examine when assessing change.
authors.affiliation: The Transitional Learning Center at Galveston, TX 77550, USA. gseale@tlc-galveston.org
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Seale
authors.forename: Jeromes S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Caroselli
authors.forename: Walter M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: High
authors.forename: Cory L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Leah E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Neese
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scheibel
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012925:Social Conformity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices