Community Integration After Traumatic Brain Injury and Related Factors: A Study in the Nepalese Context.

community integration environmental factor fatigue social support traumatic brain injury

Journal

SAGE open nursing
ISSN: 2377-9608
Titre abrégé: SAGE Open Nurs
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724853

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 08 06 2020
revised: 15 11 2020
accepted: 27 11 2020
entrez: 29 4 2021
pubmed: 30 4 2021
medline: 30 4 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Community integration is an essential component for rehabilitation among traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors, which yields positive outcomes in terms of social activities, community participation, and productive work. A factor that usually facilitates community integration among TBI survivors is social support, whereas physical environment and fatigue are most often found as barriers. This study aimed to (1) describe the level of community integration, fatigue, physical environment, and social support of persons after TBI, and (2) examine the relationship between community integration and these three factors. This is a descriptive correlational study. One hundred and twenty TBI survivors living in the communities of Province Number Three, Nepal were enrolled using the stratified sampling technique. The data were collected using the Community Integration Questionnaire, Modified Fatigue Impact Scale, Craig Hospital Inventory of Environmental Factors, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation were used to analyze the data. Community integration, fatigue, and physical environment showed a moderate level, while social support revealed a high level. Fatigue was significantly correlated with overall community integration, whereas physical environment was found to correlate with two subscales of community integration, home integration and productive activities. To enhance the level of community integration among TBI survivors, health care providers, in particular rehabilitation nurses and community nurses, should plan and implement strategies such as follow-up appointments or continued rehabilitation at home.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33912666
doi: 10.1177/2377960820981788
pii: 10.1177_2377960820981788
pmc: PMC8047939
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

2377960820981788

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© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Auteurs

Sumana Lama (S)

Nursing Science Program in Adult and Gerontological Nursing (International Program), Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.

Jintana Damkliang (J)

Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.

Luppana Kitrungrote (L)

Faculty of Nursing, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.

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