• Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Jan 2007

    Comparative Study

    Functional outcomes from inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury: how do Hispanics fare?

    • Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla, Mitchell Rosenthal, John Deluca, David X Cifu, Robin Hanks, and Eugene Komaroff.
    • Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ, USA. jcarango@kmrrec.org
    • Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Jan 1;88(1):11-8.

    ObjectiveTo examine the relation between Hispanic ethnicity and rehabilitation outcome in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors.DesignRetrospective study.SettingLongitudinal dataset of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database.ParticipantsPersons (N=3056; 2745 whites vs 311 Hispanics) with moderate to severe TBI hospitalized between 1989 and 2003.InterventionsNot applicable.Main Outcome MeasuresFunctional outcomes at discharge and 1-year follow-up (Disability Rating Scale [DRS], FIM instrument). Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E), and the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) were measured at follow-up only.ResultsAt admission, Hispanics were less educated (PConclusionsHispanics showed significantly reduced long-term functional outcome after rehabilitation relative to whites. Rehabilitation professionals should recognize the possible impact of individual differences and diverse sociodemographic, injury, and rehabilitation characteristics so that differential health outcomes among TBI survivors can be reduced or eliminated.

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