NCT00476528

Early Rehabilitation of Patients With Posttraumatic Amnesia

Early Rehabilitation of Patients With Posttraumatic Amnesia. A Clinical Controlled Investigation of the Effect of a Nursing Programme in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury in the Acute Care

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate if a systematic intervention with early identifying of patients with posttraumatic amnesia using a reality orientation therapy can reduce the period with posttraumatic amnesia in order to get a better outcome for patients with traumatic brain injury

Detailed description

1. A systematic review with the latest investigation and treatment of patients with posttraumatic amnesia 2. Investigate the effect of a systematic nursing programme on the length of posttraumatic amnesia 3. Investigate the effect of a systematic nursing programme after 12 month 4. Describe perspectives for the future within the early rehabilitation of patients with posttraumatic amnesia

Conditions

• Amnesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Reality Orientation	Two matched groups of patients diagnosed with TBI are selected from two university hospitals. In addition to conventional treatment, patients in one group are introduced to a reality- orientation programme consisting of systematic orientation, information, and systematic cooperation with the patient´s relatives.Patients in the other group receive conventional treatment only. All patients are tested on a daily basis in accordance with the RLAS and the GOAT test.
BEHAVIORAL	Reality Orientation	A quasiexperimental study

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-09-01
• Primary completion: 2009-09-01
• Completion: 2010-09-01
• First posted: 2007-05-22
• Last updated: 2010-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark