Author : Jill Francis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Book Synopsis A Systematic Review of Training for Communication Partners of People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) by : Jill Francis
Download or read book A Systematic Review of Training for Communication Partners of People with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) written by Jill Francis and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Communication impairments are prevalent after TBI with incidence rates commonly above 75%.1 Provision of education and training to communication partners is considered a key part of the rehabilitation process for people with TBI.2 Training can help to improve communication skills and facilitate communicative competence in people with TBI. Objective: To evaluate the current evidence on communication partner training and its effectiveness in terms of outcomes for people with TBI and/or their communication partners. Method: A systematic literature search was conducted across nine databases (AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, Medline/EBSCOHOST, PsycINFO, PsycBITE, PsycARTICLES, PubMed, Scopus) from database inception to August 2018. English articles were included if they described an intervention directed at adult communication partners where the primary focus of the program (>50%) was on improving the communication skills for adults following TBI. From included studies, data was extracted for author, year of publication, participants, setting, design, intervention, outcome measures and findings. Studies were critically appraised using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale, Risk Of Bias in N-of-1 Trials (ROBiNT) or Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tools for qualitative studies. Interventions were described in detail using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) framework. Results: Eleven articles met eligibility criteria. These articles described six studies including: three RCTs, two non-RCTs and one single-case experimental design. These studies included 340 communication partners and 270 people with TBI. A wide range of outcome measures were reported with some positive changes in the skills of the person with TBI and/or their communication partner being reported. Some maintenance of skills were shown in the few studies (3/6) that conducted follow-up post-treatment. The methodological quality of the studies was varied and intervention description poor. Conclusions: The articles provided quantitative and qualitative evidence for the effectiveness of training communication partners including family members, police officers, paid carers and sales assistants. While the outcomes of the studies are positive, greater methodological rigour is needed with well described interventions to ensure replication into clinical practice. Training communication partners in communication skills should be an important consideration of any intervention to improve the interaction skills of people with TBI.