Inpatient length of stay moderates the relationship between payer source and functional outcomes in pediatric brain injury.

Objective: To examine the extent to which race/ethnicity, length of rehabilitation hospital stay (LOS), and payer source contribute to functional status following inpatient rehabilitation in children with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Design: Retrospective cohort study from a pediatric rehabilitation hospital including 485 individuals with ABI.

Methods: Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) scores were transformed into age-corrected Developmental Functional Quotients (DFQ) to examine the effects of race/ethnicity, LOS, and payer source (public insurance vs.

The Effect of Admission Functional Independence on Early Recovery in Pediatric Traumatic and Nontraumatic Brain Injury.

Objective: To examine functional independence at admission as a predictor of outcomes during an initial inpatient hospitalization for a pediatric brain injury.

Participants: A total of 531 pediatric inpatients with traumatic (n = 298) or nontraumatic (n = 233) brain injuries.

Design: Retrospective analysis of data extracted from the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation.

An investigation of the impact of facial affect recognition impairments in moderate to severe TBI on fatigue, depression, and quality of life.

Individuals with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been shown to experience significant problems in facial affect recognition (FAR). However, it is not known how these impairments relate to overall functioning and quality of life (QoL) following TBI. The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that worse performance on an FAR task would be associated with reduced QoL (related to social and emotional functioning), worse mood, and increased fatigue.

Problem-solving style and multicultural personality dispositions: a study of construct validity.

This exploratory study examined the relationship between problem-solving styles and multicultural personality dispositions among 91 graduate students enrolled in an urban university located in the northeast United States. Problem-solving style was assessed with the three dimensions of the VIEW: an Assessment of Problem Solving Style. Multicultural personality was assessed with the five-factor Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ); its factors of Cultural Empathy, Open-mindedness, Social Initiative, and Flexibility correlated significantly with Explorer and External problem-solving styles, as predicted.