NCT01935583

Intervention to Promote Survivor Resilience and Adjustment: Efficacy Evaluation

Intervention to Promote Survivor Resilience and Adjustment: Efficacy Evaluation (a Research Project Within the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Grant)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 164 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

1. To evaluate the short and longer-term efficacy of a structured outpatient intervention program (The Resilience and Adjustment Intervention, RAI) to improve survivors' resilience. 2. To evaluate the impact of treatment on emotional well-being and postinjury adjustment. 3. To evaluate the impact of the intervention on abilities including problem solving, communication, and stress management. 4. To examine the extent to which treatment benefits are sustained in the longer-term.

Detailed description

To design effective resilience interventions, a treatment modality which is effective for traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors is needed. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) researchers have had considerable success in the past several decades developing and evaluating interventions for neurobehavioral, cognitive, and vocational challenges after TBI. Researchers have demonstrated the utility of the curriculum-based (C-B) treatment structure in various settings. Additionally, the efficacy of the C-B structure, independent of postinjury timeframe, allows the flexibility necessary to address the unique consequences of TBI. The C-B treatment modality offers a promising strategy for the promotion of resilience postinjury. The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of a structured, curriculum-based intervention to promote postinjury resilience and adjustment. Objectives include: 1. to evaluate the short and longer-term efficacy of a structured outpatient intervention program (The Resilience and Adjustment Intervention, RAI) to improve survivors' resilience 2. to evaluate the impact of treatment on emotional well-being and postinjury adjustment 3. to evaluate the impact of the intervention on abilities including problem solving, communication, and stress management 4. to examine the extent to which treatment benefits are sustained in the longer-term

Conditions

• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Resilience/Adjustment Counseling	Intervention to promote individual's resilience and adjustment (RAI) - The RAI is a structured approach to helping individuals after brain injury address issues related to resilience and adjustment. The RAI is implemented in seven sessions. Each session is in-person and lasts for 60 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2017-09-30
• First posted: 2013-09-05
• Last updated: 2017-10-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States