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Telephone Intervention for Caregivers of Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury

NCT00692575 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 153

Last updated 2014-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

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).

Conditions

  • Brain Injuries

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Janet M. Powell, PhD · University of Washington

  • Kathleen R. Bell, MD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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