Traumatic brain injury and potential safeguarding concerns for others and become ego-centric (Lezak, 1978). Their reduced ability to self-regulate and control their behaviours is evidenced by disinhibition and impulsivity (Lezak, 1978).
diagnosis can occur once the symptoms have started, but it is often delayed due to initial misdiagnosis. Life expectancy is 15 to 20 years from clinical diagnosis (Rossenblatt et al, 1999) and the condition is marked by three stages of progression (although two further stages are being debated).The early stage of the condition is marked by cognitive difficulties, for example, with multi-tasking and difficulties with fine motor movement, such as grasping objects. These
The International Network for Social Workers in Acquired Brain Injury (INSWABI) commissioned a systematic scoping review to ascertain the social work-generated evidence base on people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) of working age. The review aimed to identify the output, impact and quality of publications authored by social workers on this topic. Study quality was evaluated through assessment frameworks drawn from the United Kingdom National Service Framework for Long-Term Conditions. In the 40-year period from 1975 to 2014, 115 items were published that met the search criteria (intervention studies, n = 10; observational studies, n = 52; literature reviews, n = 6; expert opinion or policy analysis, n = 39; and others, n = 8). The publications could be grouped into five major fields of practice: families, social inclusion, military, inequalities and psychological adjustment. There was a significant increase in the number of publications over each decade. Impact was demonstrated in that the great majority of publications had been cited at least once (80.6%, 103/115). Articles published in rehabilitation journals were cited significantly more often than articles published in social work journals.A significant improvement in publication quality was observed across the four decades, with the majority of studies in the last decade rated as high quality.
K E Y W O R D Sevidence-based practice, knowledge production, scoping review, social work, traumatic brain injury
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