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OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which previous findings on the
effectiveness of resource facilitation to impact return to work and school could
be replicated. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Outpatient
rehabilitation clinic. PARTICIPANTS: Outpatients with acquired brain injury
(N=44). INTERVENTION: Fifteen months of resource facilitation services. MAIN
OUTCOME MEASURES: A revised version of the Vocational Independence Scale and the
Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory-4 Participation Index. RESULTS: Participants
randomized to the resource facilitation group demonstrated a significant
advantage in terms of rate and timing of return to productive community-based
work relative to control participants. When examining only return to competitive
work (and not return to school), 69% of the resource facilitation group was able
to return compared with 50% of the control participants. Analyses of measures of
participation in household and community activities revealed that both groups
improved significantly over the 15-month study period, but no significant
advantage for either group was demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS: This study replicates
the positive impact of resource facilitation in improving productive
community-based activity, including competitive employment and volunteering in
the community.
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