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Abstract
Objective: Supervision needs typically increase following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Research assessing the impact of TBI residential rehabilitation programmes on supervision needs is limited.
Research design: Prospective cross-sectional study.
Methods and procedures: Ninety-four participants with moderate-to-severe TBI admitted to a post-acute brain injury rehabilitation programme (PABIR) were administered the supervision rating scale (SRS) at admission and at 1 month post-discharge. To account for spontaneous neurological recovery, patients were separated into those who were less than 1 year (L1Y, n = 55) or greater than 1 year (G1Y, n = 39) post-injury.
Experimental intervention: None.
Main outcomes and results: A mixed factorial design yielded a significant interaction (F(1, 92) = 18.2; p < 0.0001) with post-hoc results revealing that the L1Y group improved more dramatically in terms of supervision needs than the G1Y group. Using reliable change methodologies, 52.7% of the L1Y demonstrated decreasing scores on the SRS vs 20.5% of the G1Y group.
Conclusions: Decreases in supervision needs following PABIR can be found, even after accounting for the impact of spontaneous neurological recovery both at the group and individual level.