An analysis of clinicians' verbal behaviors in a community reintegration program for traumatic brain injury survivors.

Full Abstract

The authors present an analysis of clinician verbal behaviors in the Community Reintegration Program, a treatment program for traumatic brain injury survivors. Experienced clinicians from different allied health professions were videotaped as they provided group treatment. Each clinician's verbal behaviors were coded using an adaptation of the Clinical Interaction Analysis System, a reliable system for describing verbal behaviors. Clinicians then participated in a structured interview with the investigators; during the interview, clinicians reviewed their treatment tape and stated what treatment goals they were working on during each utterance. The majority of the clinicians' behaviors fell into two categories:
clinician-initiated discourse and explanation. Chi-square analyses revealed that these two categories occurred significantly more frequently than other coded categories. These two verbal codes predominated regardless of the goal being addressed and regardless of the professional background of the treating clinician.

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Author information

Author/s: Brundage, Shelley B (SB); Bowers, Melissa L (ML); Garcia-Barry, Sandra K (SK); Schierts, Michelle M (MM);

Affiliation: St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN, USA. brundage(-atsign-)gwu.edu

Grants: 1-D37-AH00623 (Agency:BHP HRSA HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: Journal of allied health (J Allied Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 35 (issue 2) : pp 81-8

Dates: Created 2006/07/19; Completed 2006/11/30; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 16848371, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult
Allied Health Personnel - psychology
Brain Injuries - rehabilitation
Female
Goals
Humans

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