Predicting employment in traumatic brain injury following neuropsychological rehabilitation

Abstract

Employment outcome was predicted for fifty-nine clients with traumatic brain injury participating in a holistic neuropsychological rehabilitation program using data collected prior to and following treatment. Group process measures and staff ratings were added to demographic, neurological, and psychological variables; factor scores were derived, and used to predict postprogram employability and actual work status six months after program completion. Postprogram measures were more accurate than preprogram measures in both predictions. Neurological, neuropsychological, and group process measures all contributed to predicting outcome; group process measures of awareness and acceptance added significantly to the prediction, and were the most efficient postprogram predictors of both employability and work status.