The Association Between Community Participation and Social Internet Use Among Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between social Internet use and real-world societal participation in survivors of moderate-severe traumatic brain injury.

Design

Prospective cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

Ten Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Centers.

Participants

A total of 331 participants in the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems, interviewed at any follow-up year between April 2014 and March 2015.

Main measures

Survey on Internet use, including social media and other online socialization; Participation Assessment with Recombined Tools-Objective with separate analyses of Productivity, Social Relations, Out and About subscales; covariates included demographics, injury variables, and functional and emotional status at follow-up.

SUBMITTER: Ketchum JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594140 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul/Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature