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Changes in Functional Behaviour of Adults With Brain Injury and Spouse-Caregiver Burden With In-Home Neurobehavioural Intervention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Barbara Palmisano  and
Lucius Arco
Barbara Palmisano
Affiliation:
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
Lucius Arco*
Affiliation:
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. l.arco@ecu.edu.au
*
*Address for correspondence: Lucius Arco, PhD, School of Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup WA 6027, Australia.
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Abstract

A within-participant multiple baseline experiment evaluated effects of in-home neurobehavioural interventions on functional behaviour of 3 persons with brain injury, and their spouses' burden of care. The 6-week individualised interventions included in-home and telephone consultations. Measures consisted of functional behaviour of the injured persons, spouses' burden of care using the QRS-SF at preand postintervention and at 1 month follow-up, and social validity. Results show interventions were efficacious in improving functional behaviour, but effects on burden of care and social validity were mixed. One caregiver who presented with high levels of burden at preintervention reported reduced burden, while the other 2 who presented with low to moderate burden reported no changes.

Type
Case Reports and Shorter Communications
Information
Behaviour Change , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2007 , pp. 36 - 49
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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