The Effects Of Employment Status At 2 Years Post...

â€Å"Predicting Employment Status at 2 Years’ Post-discharge From Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation† is a research article written by Gregory C. Murphy, James Middleton, Ruth Quirk, Annelies De Wolf, and Ian D. Cameron published by Rehabilitation Psychology. This essay summarizes the investigation on the prediction of employment status at 2 years’ post discharge from spinal cord injury rehabilitation by analyzing information in order to establish facts and reach a result. It explains how the information from this research article can be applied to the rehabilitation counseling professional, and it identifies points discussed in class as it relates to the research article. Article Review This research article sets out to examine the after-†¦show more content†¦The ages of the seventy- two participant ranged from 35-14, 58 males and 14 females. Lesion level or Level of injury were: 42 Tetraplegia or quadriplegia and 30 Paraplegia or impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. ASIA grade is a scale used to measure the level of impairment as shown in Table 1: 41 ASIA A, 6 ASIA B, 7 ASIA C, 18 ASIA D, and education: 32 Elementary or incomplete high school, 11 High School, 12 University/ college (Incomplete), and 17 University/ college (completed). The procedure used to collect information for the research study is a survey and the techniques used were interview and questionnaire. An interview is when questions are posed to an individual to obtain information (What Is Survey Research? - Definition, Methods Types, n.d.). A questionnaire is a series of written questions a participant answers (What Is Survey Research? - Definition, Met hods Types, n.d.). Follow- up questionnaires were administered to participant face- to- face and participants who were living long distance were interviewed by telephone. Table 1 The ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) impairment scale Category Definition A = Complete No motor or sensory function is preserved in the sacral segments S4-S5 B = Incomplete Sensory but not motor function is preserved below the neurological level and includes the sacral segments S4-S5 C = Incomplete Motor function is preserved below the neurological level,Show MoreRelatedMedicare Policy Analysis447966 Words   |  1792 PagesSenate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF DIVISIONS, TITLES, rmajette on DSK29S0YB1PROD with BILLS 4 5 AND SUBTITLES. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 6 ‘‘Affordable Health Care for America Act’’. VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:56 Oct 30, 2009 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3962.IH H3962 2 1 2 (b) TABLE TITLES.—This OF