NCT04614922

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Rehabilitation of Post-concussion Symptoms

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Rehabilitation of Post-concussion Symptoms: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (estimated)
• Sponsor: St. Olavs Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators aim to evaluate effects of an outpatient rehabilitation program based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy compared to usual care on function in patients with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and post-traumatic headache (PTH). This study builds on the investigators' previous observational studies and treatment studies in this patient group.

Detailed description

The study is run in an outpatient setting at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway. All patients are also participants in the observational study: "Minimal and mild head injury: an exercise and outpatient follow-up study at St. Olavs Hospital" (REK number 2018/2159).

Conditions

• Post-Concussion Syndrome
• Post-Traumatic Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy	ACT-based rehabilitation is an interdisciplinary group rehabilitation which includes 7 sessions of group-based ACT therapy. Each session lasts 2½ hours and is offered twice a week. The ACT sessions will be based on a detailed intervention manual, developed specifically for group treatment. Each group will include a maximum of eight patients. The patients are asked to do homework between each ACT-group session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-29
• Primary completion: 2026-04-01
• Completion: 2026-11-01
• First posted: 2020-11-04
• Last updated: 2025-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway