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

NCT04614922 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2025-07-08

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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.

Conditions

  • Post-Concussion Syndrome
  • Post-Traumatic Headache

Interventions

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Toril Skandsen, phd · Norwegian University of Science and Technology, INB

  • Brit-Elin Lurud, md · St. Olavs hospital, Clinic of Rehabilitation

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-29
Primary Completion
2026-04-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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