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The positive long-term benefits of recreation therapy services on caregiver outcomes in brain injury rehabilitation

Cecilia Y. Rider et al.

American Journal of Recreation Therapy2025https://doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.0306article
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Rationale: Recreational therapy (RT) services are offered to improve the health, functioning, and particularly the community integration of individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI) but can also be of benefit to caregivers. However, longitudinal studies are needed to demonstrate these beneficial relationships. Methods: Participants included 40 caregivers of individuals with ABI who were engaged in inpatient rehabilitation. Data were collected during inpatient rehabilitation (time 1; n = 40) and at 6 months post-discharge (time 2; n = 16). Predictor variables included patient neuropsychological complaints (neurobehavioral symptom inventory), patient community integration (community integration questionnaire), and number of RT services offered. The outcome was caregiver functioning (caregiver burden inventory). Results: (1) Increased RT services are associated with worse patient-related neuropsychological complaints and community integration; (2) increased patient neuropsychological complaints are associated with worse caregiver functioning, particularly after discharge; but (3) better patient community integration is associated with better caregiver functioning after discharge. Conclusions: The results suggest that better community integration, ie, a primary focus of RT, of individuals with ABI is associated with better long-term functioning for their caregivers. Previous research and the current results support the use of RT services to improve the community integration of individuals with TBI, as well as the overall functioning of their caregivers.

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@article{cecilia2025,
  title        = {{The positive long-term benefits of recreation therapy services on caregiver outcomes in brain injury rehabilitation}},
  author       = {Cecilia Y. Rider et al.},
  journal      = {American Journal of Recreation Therapy},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5055/ajrt.0306},
}

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