Table 3

Guideline recommendation themes (five) and associated theme categories in acquired brain injury rehabilitation (n=20)

Theme and guideline recommendation category1234567891011121314151617181920
Medication management theme
Depression/mood management
Aggression management
Psychosis
Memory
Executive dysfunction
Arousal and attention
Hypertension
DVT/anticoagulation therapy
Cholesterol management
Pain
Incontinence
HO
Spasticity
Organisation of services theme
Carer support
Peer support
Multidisciplinary service coordination
Specialised rehabilitation unit
Processes/delivery of rehabilitation services
Rehabilitation therapies theme
Amount and intensity
Timing
Sensation/sensorimotor
Communication
Visual/perceptual deficits
Cognition
Psychosocial
Activities of daily living
Motor function
Upper limb management
Family participation in therapy
Carer/family training
Home programme/self-practice
Patient/family education
Goal setting
Managing complications theme
Spasticity
Contracture
Subluxation
Pain
Oedema
Fatigue
Behaviour/mood
Pressure care
Falls
Nutrition
Incontinence
DVT
Swallowing (dysphagia)
HO
Seizure management
Nursing neurological assessments
Community management theme
Driving
Return to work/volunteer
Leisure
Sexuality
Psychosocial rehabilitation
Outpatient cognitive rehabilitation
Outpatient motor rehabilitation
  • 1= Wheeler,34 2=Wolf,35 3=DVA/DoD AHA,36 4=Miller,41 5=Warden,42 6=Weinstein,43 7=Bayley,31 8=Stroke Foundation (Australia),9 9=NZGG,32 10=SFNZ and NZGG,26 11=ABIKUS,40 12=CSS,27 28 13=Khadilkar et al,37 14=RNAO,29 30 15=ESO,38 39 16=ISWP,11 17=NICE,18 18=SIGN,2 19=SIGN,33 20=SIGN.10

  • ABIKUS, Acquired Brain Injury Knowledge Uptake Strategy; CSS, Canadian Stroke Strategy; DVA/DoD AHA, Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defence American Heart Association; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; ESO, European Stroke Organisation; HO, heterotopic ossification; ISWP, Intercollegiate Stroke Working Party; NICE, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; RNAO, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario; SCORE, Stroke Canada Optimisation of Rehabilitation by Evidence; SFNZ and NZGG, Stroke Foundation of New Zealand and New Zealand Guideline Group; SIGN, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.