Primary Language and Participation Outcomes in Hispanics With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between primary language and participation outcomes in English- and Spanish-speaking persons with complicated mild to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 1 year post-injury.

Setting

Community following discharge from inpatient rehabilitation.

Participants

A total of 998 Hispanic participants with outcomes available at year 1 follow-up; 492 (49%) indicated English as their primary language and 506 (51%) indicated Spanish as their primary language.

Design

Prospective, multicenter, cross-sectional, observational cohort study.

Main measures

Community participation at 1 year post-injury was assessed by 3 domains of the Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective (PART-O): Out and About, Productivity, and S

SUBMITTER: Sander AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8249338 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature