Characteristics of facility-based community integration programs for people with brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
To conduct a nationwide telephone survey to gather data on some of the quantifiable characteristics of community integration programs available nationwide to adults with brain injury.


METHODS
The Community Integration Program Questionnaire was used to interview 49 outpatient facility-based community integration programs between June 2002 and June 2003. We then used descriptive statistics to analyze the characteristics of the programs.


RESULTS
There was tremendous variability in the areas of staffing, client, and programmatic characteristics.


CONCLUSIONS
There is considerable variability among programs with respect to quantifiable characteristics of facility-based community integration programs. Future studies should explore which characteristics affect outcomes.
Glenn
Mel B
MB
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mglenn@partens.org
Goldstein
Richard
R
Selleck
Elizabeth A
EA
Rotman
Michelle
M
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D016730:Program Development; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012932:Social Facilitation