Internet-based Interacting Together Everyday, Recovery After Childhood TBI (I-InTERACT)--RRTC

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test two on-line interventions for families of young children who have experienced moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This project builds upon the investigators' previous research by modifying the online intervention content to address the needs of young children with TBI. The goal of this project is to develop an intervention that will encourage positive parenting behaviors, improve child behaviors, and reduce parent distress and burden following TBI. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention groups will exhibit more effective parenting skills as well as better child functioning and lower levels of parental distress at follow-up than will the active comparison group.

Conditions

• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Internet-based Interacting Together Everyday: Recovery After Childhood TBI (I-InTERACT)

Families in I-InTERACT will view 10 web-sessions (like chapters) and participate in 27 family meetings over the course of 24 weeks focusing on increasing positive parenting skills, reducing parenting stress, and improving child behavior problems. Meetings will be conducted in their home using a computer hook-up with a trained therapist.

BEHAVIORAL

Internet-based-Interacting Together Everyday, Recovery after Childhood TBI Express (I-InTERACT Express)

Families in I-InTERACT Express will view 10 web-sessions (like chapters) and participate in 14 family meetings over the course of 7 weeks focusing on increasing positive parenting skills, reducing parenting stress, and improving child behavior problems. Meetings will be conducted in their home using a computer hook-up with a trained therapist.

BEHAVIORAL

Internet Resources Comparison (IRC)

Families in the IRC group will receive computers, high speed internet access, and links to brain injury information and resources. The resources are available for families to access as often as they choose.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• MetroHealth Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Nationwide Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Hospital Colorado

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Shari L Wade, PhD · Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

• H. Gerry Taylor, PhD · Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

• Keith O. Yeates, PhD · Nationwide Children's Hospital

• Michael Kirkwood, PhD · Children's Hospital Colorado

• Terry Stancin, PhD · MetroHealth Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

3 Years

Max Age

9 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-10-31

Primary Completion

2015-12-31

Completion

2015-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations