PREDICTION OF EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME ONE TO 3 YEARS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)

The current study investigated the relationship between age, education (EDUC), pre-injury productivity (PIP), Glasgow Coma Scale score, and a functional rating score at admittance and discharge from rehabilitat ion (Disability Rating Scale [DRS]) to employment status at one to thr ee years following traumatic brain injury. EDUC, admit DRS, discharge DRS, and PIP all correlated significantly with follow-up employment st atus, 0.29, -0.32, -0.36, and 0.25 respectively. ALI possible combinat ions were then evaluated by Mallow's C-p statistic. The best fitting m odel was then used in a discriminant function analysis. The discrimina nt function correctly classified 84% of the employed subjects, 66% of the unemployed, and 75% across both groups. The current results compar e favourably with those obtained in previous studies.