Kato Noriaki, Iwanaga Masaru, Okazaki Tetsuya, Hahchisuka Kenji
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health , Japan, Kitakyushu , Japan.
Brain Inj. 2013;27(12):1423-7. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2013.823647. Epub 2013 Aug 7.
To investigate social participation and the administration of the official certificate for cognitive dysfunction in Northern Kyushu, Japan following a government-conducted educational campaign to support persons with cognitive dysfunction.
A questionnaire was mailed to members of the Brain Injury Association of Northern Kyushu living with traumatic brain injury; the results were compared with those of the first survey conducted in 2002.
This study evaluated 159 individuals (response rate: 72.6%, 135 males and 24 females), whose mean age at time of injury was 28 years. Eighty-two per cent of the participants were living at home; 72% were independent in activities of daily living. Fifty-nine per cent and 33% had certificates of physical and mental disability, respectively, and 37% were engaged in employment or school attendance. The number of participants who had obtained certificates of physical or mental disability and the number of participants who returned to employment or school significantly increased in comparison to the first survey (χ2 test, p < 0.05).
The model project and educational campaign facilitated social participation and increased the acquisition of the official certificate of cognitive dysfunction.
在日本九州北部开展一项由政府主导的支持认知功能障碍患者的教育活动后，调查社会参与情况以及认知功能障碍官方证书的发放情况。
向九州北部脑损伤协会中患有创伤性脑损伤的成员邮寄调查问卷；将结果与2002年进行的首次调查结果进行比较。
本研究评估了159名个体（回复率：72.6%，男性135名，女性24名），他们受伤时的平均年龄为28岁。82%的参与者居家生活；72%的人在日常生活中能够自理。分别有59%和33%的人拥有身体和精神残疾证书，37%的人从事工作或上学。与首次调查相比，获得身体或精神残疾证书的参与者人数以及恢复工作或上学的参与者人数显著增加（χ2检验，p < 0.05）。
该示范项目和教育活动促进了社会参与，并增加了认知功能障碍官方证书的获取。
