“…Factors most consistently associated with employment outcome include pre-injury occupation status, functional status at discharge, global cognitive functioning, perceptual abilities, executive functioning, involvement in vocational rehabilitation services and emotional status (Ownsworth & McKenna, 2004). Stability of employment, which differs from employment outcome, is related to pre-morbid characteristics, such as, being older and having a higher income before injury, and higher neuropsychological functioning at 1-month post-injury (Machamer et al, 2005). Assessment scales used by rehabilitation professions include the Disability Rating Scale (DRS), Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) and Functional Status Examination (FSE) (Rappaport, Hail, Hopkins, Belieza, & Cope, 1982;Keith, Granger, Hamilton, & Sherwin, 1987;Willer, Ottenbacher, & Coad, 1994;Dikmen, Machamer, Miller, Doctor, & Temkin, 2001).…”