NCT00692575

Telephone Intervention for Caregivers of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury

Modular Scheduled Telephone Intervention for Caregivers of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 153 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Washington · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study seeks to determine if problem-based telephone counseling improves quality of life and emotional well-being for caregivers of persons with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Detailed description

Caregivers and patients with TBI are recruited from the acute medical and inpatient rehabilitation units at Harborview Medical Center and the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA. After informed consent is obtained, information is gathered from the caregiver about his/her living situation, support systems, and the nature of the caregiving relationship. Additional information is gathered from the person with TBI about how he/she is doing cognitively, socially, and emotionally. Prior to discharge home, caregivers are randomly selected to receive either standard care (typical support and/or resources) or standard care plus problem-based telephone counseling. The telephone follow-up group receives a telephone call from a caregiver support specialist at 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 weeks after discharge of the patient with TBI home with the option of two additional calls. During those calls, the caregiver support specialist provides training on problem-solving skills along with education on topics of interest to caregivers of persons with TBI. An outcome assessment is done at 6 months and 1 year after discharge home.

Conditions

• Brain Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Problem-solving, education based telephone counseling	Caregivers are contacted every 2 weeks for 16-20 weeks after discharge of TBI survivor home. A caregiver support specialist provides telephone counseling based on a problem-solving, educational model.
OTHER	No Intervention	The control group will receive standard of care, i.e., typical resources and/or supports offered to caregivers of persons with TBI.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2008-06-06
• Last updated: 2014-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States