Description of an interdisciplinary, holistic cognitive rehabilitation program for adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment after acquired brain injury.
Karen T ReillyJulie HoléStuart NashVirginie PugnietValérie ServajeanDidier VarsovieSophie Jacquin-CourtoisPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2023)
Documentation of treatment targets enabled identification of appropriate outcome measures which are now being used to investigate program efficacy. This step-by-step explanation of the documentation process could serve as a guide for other teams wanting to document their rehabilitation interventions and/or establish similar programs.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONIncomplete reporting of intervention content and delivery contributes to difficulties in discerning the effectiveness of complex rehabilitation programs.Current recommendations for rehabilitation intervention reporting suggest that these difficulties can be partially overcome by providing detailed descriptions of intervention content/ingredients and treatment targets.Human and physical resources differ widely from one clinical setting to another and the existence of clear program descriptions can guide clinicians who wish to create similar programs.Detailed descriptions of rehabilitation interventions are necessary to accurately measure patient outcomes and generate testable hypotheses about proposed mechanisms of action.Program descriptions are needed for the development of treatment theories and the advancement of evidence-based practice in rehabilitation.