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Early Rehabilitation of Patients With Posttraumatic Amnesia

NCT00476528 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2010-08-10

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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

Conditions

  • Amnesia

Interventions

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jens Christian Soerensen · Department of Neurosurgery NK

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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