Email Intervention Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Two Case Reports

<p class="Default" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">An email intervention for two individuals with TBI was conducted to investigate if this electronic med...

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Main Authors: Min Jung Kim, Julie A.G. Stierwalt, Leonard L. LaPointe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hawaii Pacific University Library 2010-10-01
Series:International Journal of Telerehabilitation
Online Access:http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6048
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Summary:<p class="Default" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">An email intervention for two individuals with TBI was conducted to investigate if this electronic medium would show potential as a therapeutic delivery method. Specifically, this study measured participants&rsquo; compliance to a plan that incorporated email and a reading assignment. Prior to the email intervention, a clinician and participants designed an intervention plan, which included specific guidelines for scheduled email correspondence regarding a daily reading task. After reviewing the daily emails the clinician provided therapeutic feedback. The participants&rsquo; compliance to the plan was measured by punctuality of email correspondence and completion of tasks as detailed in the plan. Over a 4-week intervention period, both participants demonstrated improvement in task completion and time adherence. With these individuals, email proved to be a feasible option as a therapeutic delivery method. </span></span></p><p class="Default" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></p><p class="Default" style="text-indent: 36pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keywords: email intervention, individuals with TBI, task completion, time adherence</span></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 36pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Courier New&quot;; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></p>
ISSN:1945-2020