Social work-generated evidence in traumatic brain injury from 1975 to 2014: A systematic scoping reviewShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: Health & Social Care in the Community, ISSN 0966-0410, E-ISSN 1365-2524, Vol. 26, no 4, p. 433-448Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The International Network for Social Workers in Acquired Brain Injury (INSWABI) com-missioned a systematic scoping review to ascertain the social work-generated evidence base on people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) of working age. The review aimed to identify the output, impact and quality of publications authored by social workers on this topic. Study quality was evaluated through assessment frameworks drawn from the United Kingdom National Service Framework for Long- Term Conditions. In the 40- year period from 1975 to 2014, 115 items were published that met the search criteria (inter-vention studies, n = 10; observational studies, n = 52; literature reviews, n = 6; expert opinion or policy analysis, n = 39; and others, n = 8). The publications could be grouped into five major fields of practice: families, social inclusion, military, inequalities and psy-chological adjustment. There was a significant increase in the number of publications over each decade. Impact was demonstrated in that the great majority of publications had been cited at least once (80.6%, 103/115). Articles published in rehabilitation jour-nals were cited significantly more often than articles published in social work journals. A significant improvement in publication quality was observed across the four decades, with the majority of studies in the last decade rated as high quality.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2018. Vol. 26, no 4, p. 433-448
Keywords [en]
evidence-based practice, knowledge production, scoping review, social work, traumatic brain injury
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Social Work; Disability Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-59072DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12476ISI: 000435783600017PubMedID: 28795463Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85048725691OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-59072DiVA, id: diva2:1130596
2017-08-102017-08-102024-02-13Bibliographically approved