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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

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Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation

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Abstract

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. Recognizing the individual factors that contribute to increasing vocational potential in persons following a TBI as well as understanding the dynamic interaction of influencing factors can facilitate the planning and implementation of strategies and interventions. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), an internationally accepted standard for describing functioning of individuals with a health condition, can provide the foundation for identifying factors and understanding how their interaction contributes to an increased or reduced potential for work participation. Using a hypothetical case example (based on clinical experience), this chapter demonstrates the use of the ICF-based Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire or WORQ (self-report version) together with the ICF Core Set for TBI for facilitating interprofessional communication, assessing work-oriented functioning in VR, creating an ICF-based functioning profile (Categorical Profile), and setting appropriate VR goals.

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  1. Swiss Paraplegic Research, Guido-Zäch-Strasse 4, 6207, Nottwil, Switzerland

    Melissa Selb, Monika Elisabeth Finger & Reuben Escorpizo

  2. ICF Research Branch, WHO CC FIC in Germany (DIMDI), Nottwil, Switzerland

    Melissa Selb, Monika Elisabeth Finger & Reuben Escorpizo

  3. Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Reuben Escorpizo

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  1. Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

    Reuben Escorpizo

  2. Research Unit, Directorate for Labour and Welfare, Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Sören Brage

  3. Department of Rehabilitation and Counsel, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA

    Debra Homa

  4. Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Luzern, Switzerland

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Selb, M., Finger, M.E., Escorpizo, R. (2015). 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. In: Escorpizo, R., Brage, S., Homa, D., Stucki, G. (eds) Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation. Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08825-9_24

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