Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy Treatment Activities During Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the use of occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech therapy (ST) treatment activities throughout the acute rehabilitation stay of patients with traumatic brain injury.

Design

Multisite prospective observational cohort study.

Setting

Inpatient rehabilitation settings.

Participants

Patients (N=2130) admitted for initial acute rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. Patients were categorized on the basis of admission FIM cognitive scores, resulting in 5 fairly homogeneous cognitive groups.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Percentage of patients engaged in specific activities and mean time patients engaged in these activities for each 10-hour block of time for OT, PT, and ST combined.

SUBMITTER: Beaulieu CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4538942 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature