The relationship between prognostic factors and patient satisfaction with performance of self-identified goals following interdisciplinary mild traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.

Background: Individuals with persistent symptoms following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) demonstrate improved satisfaction with their performance of self-identified rehabilitation goals after completing a combined occupational therapy and physiotherapy group intervention. However, the relationship between factors associated with developing persistent symptoms following an mTBI and satisfaction with their performance of self-identified goals after completing an intervention are unknown.

Objective(s): To evaluate whether factors associated with developing persistent symptoms influence satisfaction with the performance of self-identified goals after completing a combined occupational therapy and physiotherapy group intervention.

Methods: During intake assessments, individuals with persistent mTBI symptoms completed the satisfaction section of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM-S), the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptom Questionnaire (RPQ), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Seven-Item Scale (GAD-7). Participants re-rated their satisfaction with performance of self-identified goals using the COPM-S during their discharge assessment. The influence of age, sex, days since injury, education, mechanism of injury, baseline COPM-S, GAD-7, and RPQ scores on goal satisfaction ratings were analyzed using a binomial logistic regression.

Results: One hundred and ninety-eight individuals (44.7 ± 13.6 years old) were included in this study, and 92% experienced a clinically important improvement in their goal satisfaction ratings after completing the intervention. Neither age, sex, days since injury, education, mechanism of injury, baseline COPM-S, GAD-7, or RPQ scores significantly influenced satisfaction with performance of self-identified goals.

Conclusions: Factors associated with developing persistent symptoms following an mTBI did not influence goal satisfaction after completing a combined physiotherapy and occupational therapy group intervention.