TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - The effect of self-reported balance confidence on community integration after brain injury: an observational study
JO  - Brain impairment
A1  - Tucker, Jenna
A1  - Marshall, Timothy
A1  - Beitscher, Ilana
A1  - Mueller, Kristina
A1  - Colucio, Eric
A1  - Koc, Thomas A. Jr
SP  - 601
EP  - 610
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1443-9646
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2022.9
ID  - ref1
ER  -