Applying the Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire WORQ: A Case Illustrating Its Use in Evaluating Functioning of a Person After a Traumatic Brain Injury in an Interprofessional Vocational Rehabilitation Setting

Abstract

Irrespective of the nature of injury or level of functioning, traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts on all aspects of the injured person's lived experience including work participation. Considering that a majority of persons who survive a TBI are of working age, the person with TBI still has many years to fulfill his vocational potential. In Chap. 10 Leonardi et al. referred to studies that indicate a low employment rate of persons following a TBI; the most recent findings showed an approximate return-lo-work (RTW) rate of 40 % after injury and many persons included in the studies were unable lo return to their former job or successfully maintain the job long-term. Therefore, it would be important to answer the question: What factors contribute to an increased or reduced potential for work participation? (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)