abstract: 'BACKGROUND: Research has found that Hispanics with traumatic brain

  injury (TBI) have reduced functional outcomes compared to non-Hispanic

  Whites, including lower probabilities of post-injury employment.

  However, previous studies were cross-sectional, combined racial/ethnic

  minority groups, and did not examine the factors that predict return to

  work of Hispanics longitudinally.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the demographic and injury-related predictors of

  employment probability trajectories during the first 10 years after TBI.

  METHODS: 1,346 Hispanics in the TBI Model Systems Database were

  included. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine baseline

  predictors of employment probability trajectories across this time

  period.

  RESULTS: Employment probability demonstrated a quadratic movement over

  time, with an initial increase followed by a plateau or slight decrease.

  Hispanics with TBI had higher employment probability trajectories if

  they had been younger at the time of injury, spent less time in

  posttraumatic amnesia, had greater years of education, had been employed

  at the time of injury, had higher annual earnings at the time of injury,

  and had experienced a non-violent mechanism of injury.

  CONCLUSION: Culturally adapted treatment programs with a focus on early

  intervention incorporating vocational rehabilitation and employment

  programs for Hispanics with TBI who present with these risk factors are

  needed.'
affiliation: 'Arango-Lasprilla, JC (Corresponding Author), Virginia Commonwealth Univ,
  Dept Psychol, 907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.

  Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos; Watson, Jack D.; Perrin, Paul B., Virginia Commonwealth
  Univ, Dept Psychol, 907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284 USA.

  Rodriguez, Miriam J., Indiana Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth \& Wellness Design,
  Bloomington, IN USA.

  Ramos-Usuga, Daniela, Univ Basque Country UPV EHU, Biomed Res Doctorate Program,
  Leioa, Spain.

  Mascialino, Guido, Univ Amer, Escuela Psicol, Quito, Ecuador.

  Perrin, Paul B., Cent Virginia Vet Affairs Hlth Care Syst, Richmond, VA USA.'
author: Arango-Lasprilla, Juan Carlos and Watson, Jack D. and Rodriguez, Miriam J.
  and Ramos-Usuga, Daniela and Mascialino, Guido and Perrin, Paul B.
author-email: jcalasprilla@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Arango-Lasprilla
  given: Juan Carlos
- family: Watson
  given: Jack D.
- family: Rodriguez
  given: Miriam J.
- family: Ramos-Usuga
  given: Daniela
- family: Mascialino
  given: Guido
- family: Perrin
  given: Paul B.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3233/NRE-220066
eissn: 1878-6448
files: []
issn: 1053-8135
journal: NEUROREHABILITATION
keywords: TBI; Hispanics; employment; rehabilitation
keywords-plus: 'ETHNIC DISPARITIES; INPATIENT REHABILITATION; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES;

  RACIAL-DIFFERENCES; DISCHARGE; INSURANCE; LIFE; SATISFACTION;

  PREDICTORS; CARE'
language: English
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
orcid-numbers: Rodriguez, Miriam Jocelyn/0000-0002-0816-8313
pages: 397-405
papis_id: 5ae279546d3676edfce19b392cf7d4d1
ref: Arangolasprilla2022employmentprobabilit
times-cited: '0'
title: 'Employment probability trajectories in hispanics over the 10 years after traumatic
  brain injury: A model systems study'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000887793300002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '51'
web-of-science-categories: Clinical Neurology; Rehabilitation
year: '2022'