@article{ref1,
title="The effect of self-reported balance confidence on community integration after brain injury: an observational study",
journal="Brain impairment",
year="2023",
author="Tucker, Jenna and Marshall, Timothy and Beitscher, Ilana and Mueller, Kristina and Colucio, Eric and Koc, Thomas A. Jr",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="601-610",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the correlation between self-reported balance confidence and community integration related to home management for community-dwelling adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). <br><br>METHODS: This is a study of 141 participants over the age of 18 with a history of ABI, living in the community, who completed an online survey. The survey included a series of demographic questions followed by the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC) and the Home Integration subscale of the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ-H). <br><br>RESULTS: Data from 119 completed surveys were included in the analysis. Significant positive correlations were found between the ABC and the CIQ-H total scores (r(s) = 0.241, p = 0.008). There was no significant difference between CIQ-H total scores in individuals by injury type (traumatic vs non-traumatic) or by level of severity (mild, moderate, severe) (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference between ABC total scores by injury type (p > 0.05). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Higher levels of balance confidence may be associated with improved community integration related to home management for individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic BI. This study's results support future research to evaluate the integration of strategies to improve balance confidence as a component of interdisciplinary assessment and rehabilitation to maximize community integration in community-dwelling adults with ABI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1443-9646",
doi="10.1017/BrImp.2022.9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2022.9"
}