title: Difficulties with multitasking on return to work after TBI: a critical case study.
abstract: Work performance research highlights that psychometric cognitive measures and cognitive component information processing measures are strong predictors of success in multitasking work environments [14]. People with a mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) returning to a job requiring multitasking, may have difficulty succeeding despite pre-morbid equivalent cognitive scores. A critical case study is presented to begin to determine what aspects of information processing contribute to difficulties in multitasking work performance, for people with a TBI. The Perceive Recall Plan and Perform (PRPP) System of Task Analysis: Workplace Interview (i.e. PRPP@WORK) is used with the employer to obtain information processing scores. Results indicate substantial information processing deficits were perceived by the employer for the employee with a TBI. Future larger studies of people with a TBI who return to work that requires multitasking are needed to more clearly indicate: the level of multitasking they perform; what aspects of information processing hinder their work performance; the impact on performance of perceived cognitive load by the person with a TBI and the type and impact of support provided to improve their work performance.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Occupational Therapy, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Kylie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bootes
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapparo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis