Return to work in people with acquired brain injury : association with observed ability to use everyday technology

Larsson-Lund, Maria; Kottorp, Anders Börje Mauritz; Malinowsky, Camilla

doi:10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Return to work in people with acquired brain injury : association with observed ability to use everyday technology
Authors:	Larsson-Lund, Maria Kottorp, Anders Börje Mauritz Malinowsky, Camilla
DOI:	10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466
Published in:	Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Volume(Issue):	24
Issue:	4
Page(s):	281
Pages to:	289
Issue Date:	Jul-2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	1103-8128 1651-2014
Language:	English
Subjects:	Assessment; Assistive technology; brain injury; Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation; Technology; Work; Cross-sectional study; Female; Human; Invention; Male; Middle aged; Vocational rehabilitation; Survey and questionnaire; Activities of daily living; Return to work
Subject (DDC):	331: Labor economics 615.8515: Occupational therapy
Abstract:	Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore how the observed ability to use everyday technology (ET), intrapersonal capacities and environmental characteristics related to ET use contributes to the likelihood of return to work in people with ABI. The aim was also to explore whether these variables added to the likelihood of return to work to earlier defined significant variables in the group: age, perceived ADL ability and perceived ability in ET use. Method: A cross-sectional study. The Management of Everyday Technology Assessment (META), the short version of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (S-ETUQ) and a revised version of the ADL taxonomy were used to evaluate 74 people with ABI. Individual ability measures from all assessments were generated by Rasch analyses and used for additional statistical analysis. Results: The univariate analyses showed that the observed ability to use ET, as well as intrapersonal capacities and environmental characteristics related to ET use were all significantly associated with returning to work. In the multivariate analyses, none of these associations remained. Conclusion: The explanatory precision of return to work in people with ABI increased minimally by adding the observed ability to use ET and the variables related to ET use when age, perceived ability in ET use and ADL had been taken in account.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/8515
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License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Occupational Therapy (IER)
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Larsson-Lund, M., Kottorp, A. B. M., & Malinowsky, C. (2017). Return to work in people with acquired brain injury : association with observed ability to use everyday technology. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24(4), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466

Larsson-Lund, M., Kottorp, A.B.M. and Malinowsky, C. (2017) ‘Return to work in people with acquired brain injury : association with observed ability to use everyday technology’, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24(4), pp. 281–289. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466.

M. Larsson-Lund, A. B. M. Kottorp, and C. Malinowsky, “Return to work in people with acquired brain injury : association with observed ability to use everyday technology,” Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 281–289, Jul. 2017, doi: 10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466.

LARSSON-LUND, Maria, Anders Börje Mauritz KOTTORP und Camilla MALINOWSKY, 2017. Return to work in people with acquired brain injury : association with observed ability to use everyday technology. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. Juli 2017. Bd. 24, Nr. 4, S. 281–289. DOI 10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466

Larsson-Lund, Maria, Anders Börje Mauritz Kottorp, and Camilla Malinowsky. 2017. “Return to Work in People with Acquired Brain Injury : Association with Observed Ability to Use Everyday Technology.” Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy 24 (4): 281–89. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466.

Larsson-Lund, Maria, et al. “Return to Work in People with Acquired Brain Injury : Association with Observed Ability to Use Everyday Technology.” Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 24, no. 4, July 2017, pp. 281–89, https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2016.1194466.