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  • Exploring the 'status quo' in vocational rehabilitation and employment outcomes following spinal cord injury

    Author(s)
    Dorsett, Pat
    McLennan, Vanette
    Griffith University Author(s)
    McLennan, Vanette
    Dorsett, Pat
    Year published
    2019
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    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: An exploratory baseline study was conducted to ascertain the state of play in the field of spinal cord injury, vocational rehabilitation and employment in Queensland, Australia. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to establish the rate of return to work and better understanding of vocational expectations and the vocational rehabilitation culture in the Queensland Spinal Injuries Unit, prior to the introduction of an early vocational rehabilitation intervention for people with spinal cord injury. METHODS: A mixed methods approach was utilised, involving administration of either an online survey tool or paper ...
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    BACKGROUND: An exploratory baseline study was conducted to ascertain the state of play in the field of spinal cord injury, vocational rehabilitation and employment in Queensland, Australia. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to establish the rate of return to work and better understanding of vocational expectations and the vocational rehabilitation culture in the Queensland Spinal Injuries Unit, prior to the introduction of an early vocational rehabilitation intervention for people with spinal cord injury. METHODS: A mixed methods approach was utilised, involving administration of either an online survey tool or paper questionnaire to people who had sustained a spinal cord injury within the preceding three years. Statistical analysis of the quantitative data and thematic analysis of the qualitative free-text data was undertaken with the 34 eligible responses. RESULTS: The findings demonstrate a dramatic change in the rate of employment following spinal cord injury, and a lack of vocationally focused support whilst participants were undergoing in-patient rehabilitation. CONCLUSIONS: The study indicates a return to work rate of approximately 35%, and provides support for an individualised vocational rehabilitation intervention, fully integrated into the multidisciplinary spinal injuries unit rehabilitation program.
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    Journal Title
    JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
    Volume
    50
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3233/JVR-180995
    Subject
    Social Work
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384163
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