Publications by authors named "J F Malec"

Objective: To describe the history, organization, goals, and data management procedures of the Foundation to Advance Brain Rehabilitation (FABR).

Setting: Postacute brain injury rehabilitation following acute inpatient care.

Key Points: FABR was incorporated in 2019 with a primary mission to advance brain rehabilitation through scientific and strategic analysis of industry-wide data.

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Objectives: (1) To determine the proportion of participants admitted to supported community living (SCL) programs over the course of 5 years who improve, decline, or maintain functioning and community integration and (2) to examine the associations of time since injury, time in program, and age to their functional trajectory.

Setting: Data from SCL programs serving individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Participants: 104 individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, or other ABI.

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Objective: To further evaluate, using quasi-experimental methodologies, posthospital brain injury rehabilitation outcomes described in an accompanying report of a large observational study ( n = 2120).

Setting: Data from Intensive Rehabilitation (IR: Residential Neurobehavioral, Residential Neurorehabilitation, Home and Community Neurorehabilitation, Day Treatment, Outpatient Neurorehabilitation) and Supported Living (SL) programs serving individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Participants: Two hundred twenty-eight individuals with traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other ABI in propensity score analysis; 1344 in analysis by extent of recommended treatment completed (TC) rating.

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Objective: Evaluate outcomes of intensive posthospital brain injury rehabilitation programs compared to supported living (SL) programs; explore variations in outcome by diagnostic category (traumatic brain injury, stroke, and other acquired brain injury [ABI]) and specific program type.

Setting: Data were obtained from Residential Neurobehavioral, Residential Neurorehabilitation, Home and Community Neurorehabilitation, Day Treatment, Outpatient Neurorehabilitation, and SL programs serving individuals with ABI.

Participants: A total of 2120 individuals with traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other ABI participated in this study.

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Objective: Describe and compare the demographic characteristics and disability profiles of individuals admitted to 6 types of posthospital brain injury rehabilitation (PHBIR) programs.

Setting: Data from Residential Neurobehavioral, Residential Neurorehabilitation, Home and Community Neurorehabilitation, Day Treatment, Outpatient Neurorehabilitation, and Supported Living programs serving individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Participants: Two thousand twenty-eight individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, or other ABI.

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