Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit
Recent Deposits
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Community-Dwelling Older People and Falls Reporting: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
One third of people aged over 65 years fall each year. Falls, and their consequences, are major concerns for individuals, health care providers and funders in terms of injury, reduced independence, and financial costs. ... -
Reducing the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury Related Fatigue on Paid Employment: A Client Perspective.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common injury, which has a substantial effect on people’s ability to return to their daily activities including work. Fatigue is one of the most prevalent TBI symptoms impacting on an ... -
Factors affecting successful participation in the workplace by adults with dyslexia: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Background Dyslexia is a life-long condition that impairs a person’s phonological processing capability and, consequently, their ability to read and write fluently. It is known to make participation in employment difficult, ... -
A cohort study of psychosocial factors in relationship to pain in patients with Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke in New Zealand
Background. Pain is common after stroke and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and it affects the sufferer’s ability to engage in important activities. Little is known about the associations between psychosocial factors and pain ... -
Exploring the work experiences of people with multiple sclerosis
Background: The large variety of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms and its unpredictable disease course contributes to it having a negative impact in every area of life, with employment issues being of significant concern ... -
Development of a measure of sense of self following traumatic brain injury
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects 450-700/100,000 people annually. Qualitative research has highlighted that change in self-identity might be important to survivors and potentially linked with adverse ... -
Exploring Ambulance Officers' experiences of chronic low back pain and its treatment
Low back pain (LBP) is a significant occupational related health condition which may cause difficulty with, or inability to lift. LBP is common in people of working age and can affect capacity for, and performance at work ... -
Deepening understandings of rehabilitation in the Cook Islands: An action research study with Te Vaerua Rehabilitation Service
This study is a qualitative research project with Te Vaerua, a community based rehabilitation service in the Cook Islands, that had the aim of establishing a culturally-congruent framework for rehabilitation services ... -
A conceptual exploration of psychological distress following mild to moderate traumatic upper limb injuries
Psychological distress following severe traumatic hand injuries is common and has a significant influence on enduring disability and pain. In many studies, this distress is measured as symptoms of anxiety disorders such ... -
Funding community care for older adults: testing the applicability of the interRAI case mix in three New Zealand District Health Boards
Health policy makers internationally are tasked with determining how to support and fund increasing numbers of older people who are living longer with support needs to receive care in their own homes. Since 2012 it has ... -
Is the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY) valid in a general New Zealand population?
Introduction: Understanding children and youths’ participation in life situations and the environmental factors that support or hinder this is critical to improving their wellbeing. Measures of children’s participation ... -
Some(body) else: Transitions in embodiment after stroke
Background and purpose. The body in stroke physiotherapy is everywhere in practice but neglected as a concept in clinical theory. This study explored the embodied experience for people with stroke at the time of transition ... -
Wayfinding: A grounded theory about family carers learning to manage technical health procedures at home
Advances in medical care and technology, population ageing, policy shifts towards community care and family preferences for home over institutional settings are all contributing to increased demands on family carers. Beyond ... -
Transient Ischaemic Attack and Stroke Electronic Decision Support to Improve Stroke Care in New Zealand
Background Transient Ischaemic Attacks (TIA) and minor strokes indicate a high risk of early recurrent stroke and other vascular events. Early implementation of secondary preventive measures provided through rapid access ... -
“There are risks to be taken and some just push it too far”: A mixed methods exploration of human risk factors in agricultural quad-bike incidents in New Zealand
Quad-bike incidents are a major cause of occupational injury and fatality on New Zealand farms, warranting health and safety attention. Factors pertaining to the rider, quad-bike and environment have been identified as ... -
Support Needs of Families Living with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in New Zealand
Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder often cope with a range of challenging and stressful situations beyond those experienced by parents of typically developing children. Parents’ perception of the helpfulness ... -
Life goals in residential rehabilitation: interpretive phenomenological analysis of the experiences of people with complex acquired brain injury.
Background and purpose: There is the need for research exploring goal adjustment processes in the context of complex neurological impairment. This is particularly evident for people with cognitive and communication issues ... -
The Cued Up! Study. A randomised controlled trial and feasibility study of a cueing exercise programme for the prevention of falls in persons with Parkinsons disease and freezing of gait
Objective The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the Cued Up! programme, a six month, standardised, but individually prescribed, home based, progressive cueing exercise programme developed to address freezing ... -
The Lived Experience of Older Adults' Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation From the Perspective of Wheelchair Users.
Aim: To present an in-depth description of the lived experience of psychosocial adjustment in older adults who use a wheelchair following lower limb amputation (LLA) due to vascular disease. In particular, to report on the ... -
The experience of rehabilitation from the perspectives of individuals in New Zealand with tetraplegia due to traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
Background and purpose: Understanding how people living with tetraplegia experience rehabilitation can help establish how those individuals make sense of their social realities during rehabilitation, and whether services ...