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  • Title: Reduced community integration in persons following traumatic brain injury, as measured on the Community Integration Measure: an exploratory analysis.
    Author: Linden MA, Crothers IR, O'Neill SB, McCann JP.
    Journal: Disabil Rehabil; 2005 Nov 30; 27(22):1353-6. PubMed ID: 16321919.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To explore the community integration of individuals who had suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and compare this to members of the general public. METHOD: An independent groups design explored differences in three groups' levels of community integration. These groups consisted of ten survivors of TBI, ten male and ten female controls and were measured using The Community Integration Measure (CIM). All participants were resident in Northern Ireland (NI). The brain injured participants were drawn from a Belfast-based social skills programme. RESULTS: Mann-Whitney U tests showed a statistically significant difference between female controls and brain-injured individuals (U = 26.50, N(1) = 10, N(2) = 10, p = 0.037, one-tailed). CONCLUSION: Females were more integrated into their communities than males, who were, in turn, more integrated than brain injured individuals. It would appear that brain injury survivors are doubly disadvantaged. Their gender (mainly male), and the injury itself, conspire to reduce their integration within the wider community.
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