Race differences in a sample of vocational rehabilitation clients with traumatic brain injury
| Autor: | Otis Pitts, Timothy Gaines, Peggy R. Goldfader, David L. Mount, Tab Bounds, Brick Johnstone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Traumatic brain injury Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Poison control Neuropsychological Tests Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health White People Age Distribution Injury Severity Score Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Medicine Humans Missouri medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Neuropsychology Human factors and ergonomics Rehabilitation Vocational Neuropsychological test Length of Stay medicine.disease Black or African American Treatment Outcome Brain Injuries Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) business |
| Zdroj: | Brain injury. 17(2) |
| ISSN: | 0269-9052 |
| Popis: | To evaluate race differences in demographics, injury severity, and vocational outcomes for persons with TBI.Seventy-five individuals with TBI (13 African American, 62 Caucasian) who requested services from the Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) over a 2-year period.Demographics (i.e. age, race, level of education), injury severity (i.e. LOC, PTA, length of hospitalization, neuropsychological test scores), VR services provided (e.g. transportation, maintenance, on-the-job training, etc.), and VR outcomes (successfully vs unsuccessfully employed; cost per case).All participants completed a standard neuropsychological evaluation and completed VR services (i.e. were followed from enrollment to case closure).African Americans and Caucasians would not differ in demographics or injury severity, although fewer African Americans would be successfully employed through DVR.Chi-squares and non-parametric MANOVAs to evaluate race differences in terms of demographics, injury severity, vocational services provided and vocational outcomes.As hypothesized, there were few race differences in demographics or injury severity, although African Americans received significantly more transportation services (62 vs 21%). Contrary to hypotheses, there was no difference in the number of successfully employed African Americans (23%) vs Caucasians (18%).African Americans and Caucasians with TBI achieve similar vocational successes if they receive state VR services. |
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