Research Priorities for Optimizing Long-term Community Integration after Brain Injury.

Objective: This paper reports on a funded summit, which convened a multidisciplinary group of experts to provide consensus on the research priorities necessary for improving long-term community integration of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their caregivers.

Methods: The 2-day summit was directed using the World Café Methodology, to engage stakeholders and collaboratively arrive at a consensus on the problems to be targeted in research. Participants (n=54), drawn from two Canadian provinces, included an interdisciplinary group of researchers, clinicians, representatives from brain injury associations, individuals with TBI, and caregivers.

The IADL profile: development, content validity, intra- and interrater agreement.

Background: Occupational therapists are frequently asked to document the interplay between individuals' neuropsychological deficits and the requirements of their daily lives.

Purpose: The present study was designed to develop and validate a measure of independence in everyday functioning that considers recent advances in research regarding the ecological assessment of executive functions.

Method: Experts (n=8) judged the IADL Profile's content validity and the tool was pilot tested with the target population (n=8).