Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 17, 2026
Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
Functional outcomes from inpatient rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury: how do Hispanics fare?
Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla1, Mitchell Rosenthal, John Deluca
1Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corp, West Orange, NJ, USA. jcarango@kmrrec.org
Objective:
To examine the relation between Hispanic ethnicity and rehabilitation outcome in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors.
Design:
Retrospective study.
Setting:
Longitudinal dataset of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database.
Participants:
Persons (N=3056; 2745 whites vs 311 Hispanics) with moderate to severe TBI hospitalized between 1989 and 2003.
Interventions:
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures:
Functional outcomes at discharge and 1-year follow-up (Disability Rating Scale [DRS], FIM instrument). Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOS-E), and the Community Integration Questionnaire (CIQ) were measured at follow-up only.
Results:
At admission, Hispanics were less educated (P
Conclusions:
Hispanics showed significantly reduced long-term functional outcome after rehabilitation relative to whites. Rehabilitation professionals should recognize the possible impact of individual differences and diverse sociodemographic, injury, and rehabilitation characteristics so that differential health outcomes among TBI survivors can be reduced or eliminated.
Related Concept Videos
01:28Traumatic Brain Injury l: Introduction
01:30Specialized Care Centers and Settings-II
Rural health centers are specialized care facilities in remote locations with very few medical personnel. The primary care providers who run the centers are mostly Registered Nurse Practitioners. Here, emergency treatment is provided to critically ill or injured patients before they are transferred to the closest hospital. Fortunately, due to advancement in technology, many rural healthcare facilities and professionals have easy access to diagnostic and treatment...