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Mobile Phone Text Message Program to Understand Symptoms and Improve Outcomes in Minor Head Injury Patients

NCT01668342 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2015-05-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) is frequently seen in the ED, post-concussive symptoms are common post-injury, and few MTBI patients receive treatment or follow-up for these symptoms. Cell phones are ubiquitous, text messaging (SMS) is a cheap and increasingly common form of communication, potentially allowing for accurate assessment of symptom patterns after MTBI and provision of basic education support . The investigators seek to assess the feasibility of using SMS to collect symptoms related to MTBI in patients either discharged from the ED or admitted to the inpatient trauma unit. The investigators also seek to explore how SMS-based symptom reports correlate with phone-based follow-up reports at 14 days and whether additional SMS-based educational feedback alters daily symptom patterns.

Conditions

  • Head Injury, Minor

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SMS assessments & feedback

Daily symptom assessments tied to tailored feedback

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Suffoletto, MD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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