Researchers from France examined employment status of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors 4 years post-injury, finding that 38% were in paid employment. They concluded that this confirms the low rate of long-term employment amongst patients with severe TBI.
Predictors of unemployment were being unemployed or studying before TBI, severity of TBI and lower one-year scores on the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended.
The authors suggest that students who have received a TBI were particularly likely to be unemployed, and therefore require close follow-up and vocational rehabilitation.
Reference: Ruet, A., Jourdan, C., Bayen, E., Darnoux, E., Sahridj, D., Ghout, I., Azerad, S., Diehl, P.P., Aegerter, P., Charanton, J., Azouvi, C.V., & Azouvi, P. (2017). Employment outcome four years after a severe traumatic brain injury: results of the Paris severe traumatic brain injury study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(18), 2200-2207.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2017.1327992
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