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JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE
卷 40, 期 9, 页码 691-701出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0265
关键词
systematic review; rehabilitation; brain injuries; effectiveness; cost-benefits
资金
- Department of Health Funding Source: Medline
Objective: To assimilate the published evidence for the effectiveness of multidisciplinary rehabilitation following acquired brain injury in adults of working age. Design: The evidence derived from 2 contrasting approaches to systematic evaluation of the published literature is compared. Methods: A synthesis of best evidence compiled from a Cochrane Review of randomized controlled trials is compared with literature assembled for the UK National Service Framework for long-term neurological conditions, using a new typology based on evaluation of research quality irrespective of study design. Results: The trial-based studies provided strong evidence that more intensive programmes are associated with more rapid functional gains, and moderate evidence that continned outpatient therapy can help to sustain gains made in early post-acute rehabilitation. However, they failed to address the impact of early or late rehabilitation, the effect of specialist programmes (e.g. vocational or neuro-behavioural rehabilitation), or cost-effectiveness. In contrast, the nontrial-based studies provided strong evidence in all these areas. as well as evidence for the cost-benefits of rehabilitation. Conclusion: There is now a substantial body of high-quality research evidence for the effectiveness, and indeed the cost-effectiveness. of rehabilitation. This review highlights the importance of looking beyond the somewhat restrictive set of trial-based evidence.
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