Objective

To investigate current speech pathology practice regarding working with friends.

Method

An online survey was conducted with 68 speech pathologists who worked with TBI across metropolitan and rural settings in Australia. The survey investigated the reasons speech pathologists work with friends, barriers to working with friends and perceptions of successful friendships post TBI. Descriptive statistics and content analysis of open ended responses were used to analyze the data.

Results

There were more speech pathologists (40%) who did not include friends compared to those who did. Friends were most commonly included in the rehabilitation process, through the provision of education programs. The primary rationale for working with friends was to prevent negative psychosocial outcomes for the person with TBI. There were numerous barriers to working with friends, most commonly the inability to access friends.

Conclusions

Making and keeping friends are a significant part of most people’s lives. Therefore, it is important to consider their role in contributing to improved outcomes for people with TBI. With communication partner training being an integral component to recovery and maintenance of relationships post TBI, the development of targeted education and training materials is warranted, to enable the inclusion of friends in the rehabilitation process.

中文翻译：

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严重外伤性脑损伤后的友谊：当前言语病理学实践调查。

目的

调查有关与朋友合作的当前言语病理学实践。

方法

对68位言语病理学家进行了在线调查，他们与TBI一起在澳大利亚的大都市和农村地区工作。该调查调查了言语病理学家与朋友一起工作的原因，与朋友一起工作的障碍以及在TBI之后成功建立友谊的看法。开放式响应的描述性统计信息和内容分析用于分析数据。

结果

与那些不包括朋友的言语病理学家相比，有更多的言语病理学家（40％）。通过提供教育计划，朋友通常被包括在康复过程中。与朋友一起工作的基本原理是防止TBI患者产生负面的社会心理后果。与朋友合作有很多障碍，最常见的是无法与朋友交流。

结论

结交和保留朋友是大多数人生活的重要组成部分。因此，重要的是要考虑他们在为TBI患者改善结局中所起的作用。由于沟通伙伴培训是在TBI之后恢复和维持关系的不可或缺的组成部分，因此有针对性的教育和培训材料的开发是必要的，以使朋友能够参与康复过程。