Characteristics of residential community integration programs for adults with brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
To gather data on some quantifiable characteristics of residential community integration programs available to adults with brain injury.


METHODS
Directors, assistant directors, or coordinators of community integration programs for people with brain injury. MEASUREMENT TOOLS: The Community Integration Program Questionnaire (CIPQ).


METHODS
Nationwide telephone survey of 30 residential community integration programs between June 2002 and June 2003.


RESULTS
There was tremendous variability in the areas of staffing, client, and programmatic characteristics. Staff-to-client ratio varied from 0.77 to 3.3. Lengths of stay ranged from 0.13 to 288 months. Times from injury to admission varied from 0.2 to 180 months.


CONCLUSIONS
The considerable variability in characteristics of residential community integration programs for adults with brain injury presents significant challenges to researchers seeking to identify vital program components and to consumers attempting to compare programs.
Glenn
Mel B
MB
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA. mglenn@partners.org
Rotman
Michelle
M
Goldstein
Richard
R
Selleck
Elizabeth A
EA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012114:Residential Treatment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States