• Publications
• Research Protocol
• Research Abstracts
  • Differences in Marital Satisfaction, Coping and Social Supports after a Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Rehabilitation of Awareness of Deficits in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Applying a User-friendly Computerised Intervention Approach
  • Compensatory strategies for activities of daily living: a comparison of occupational therapists’ expectations and actual use following discharge from rehabilitation for acquired brain injury
  • The Prevalence of Osteoporosis in the Disabled Population at the National Rehabilitation Hospital
  • The Experience of Living with Spinal Cord Injury in the Early Months following Discharge from Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study on a Male Sample
  • An Investigation into the Occupational Status of Persons with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
  • Caregiver Wellbeing: An Examination of the Coping-appraisel Process of Caring for Individuals with an Aquired Brain Injury
  • Nurses’ Perceptions of their Role as part of the Multi-professional Team in an Acute Rehabilitation Setting
  • The Reliability of the Community Outing Performance Appraisal (COPA) to Assess the Abilities of Adults with Acquired Brain Injury
  • An Exploration of Child and Adolescent Sibling’s Experience of Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Music Therapists’ Strategies in Implementing New Posts in Healthcare Settings
  • Self Awareness after Brain Injury: Emotional Distress and Executive Functioning
  • An Investigation into the Functional Independence of Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury following Discharge
  • Parents’ Perspectives on Reintegration of Students with Acquired Brain Injury into the Irish School System
  • Assessment of Financial Competency in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury
  • Optimising the Prescription of Prosthetic Technologies (opptec): Outcome Measures for Evidence based prosthetic Practices and Use
  • Awareness and Sustained Attention following Traumatic Brain Injury
  • An Evaluation of Virtual Reality Technology as an Occupational Therapy Treatment Tool in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
  • Assessing the Impact of Previous Experience and Attitudes Towards Technology, On Levels of Engagement in a Virtual Reality Based Occupational Therapy Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
  • Strategies for Crisis Intervention & Prevention (SCIP): Does it work?
  • Assessment of Perceived Stress amongst Nursing Staff in a Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Coping and Adjustment following Spinal Cord Injury in an Irish Population
• Research Register

Research & Education

The NRH has an extensive education and research mandate and is actively engaged in the provision of education programmes for local and regional providers of healthcare services.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate clinical placements continue to be facilitated, and the NRH serves as a resource to other healthcare professionals who require access to specialist knowledge regarding the conditions and needs of patients requiring Complex Specialised Rehabilitation Services (CSRS).

To submit an application for review, please complete the following documents:

• Research Application Form – Version 5.5
• Declaration Page
• Ethics Committee Checklist
• Guidance Manual

To ensure there are no delays in your study, we recommend that you consult the above Guidance Manual when completing your application.

A Register of Research which includes both research completed at NRH, and Research in Progress is available – Click Here.

Should you require any additional information, please contact:

Secretary to the Ethics Committee
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Rochestown Avenue
Dun Laoghaire
Co. Dublin
Tel: 01 235 5237