Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of an Intervention Model for Family Crisis and Support
Lead Sponsor:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Collaborating Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Education
Conditions:
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Injury, Chronic
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
To learn more about how a family treatment program helps people after brain injury. Specifically, do families feel better and function better after going through the program, and do patients feel bett...
Detailed Description
To evaluate the efficacy of a structured outpatient family intervention program (BIFI) on family members' emotional well being, life satisfaction, needs, and family functioning; and to evaluate the im...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Family members/caregiver friends and persons with acquired brain injury (ABI) who are at least three months postinjury. ABI is defined as damage to brain tissue caused by stroke, aneurysm, anoxia, or an external mechanical force as evidenced by: loss of consciousness, post traumatic amnesia (PTA), objective neurological findings, or skull fracture.
Exclusion
- Families including individuals at imminent risk of psychiatric hospitalization, or in imminent danger of hurting themselves or others, as judged by the investigators.
- Individuals under 18 years of age.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2003
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00205530
Start Date
January 1 2003
End Date
January 1 2013
Last Update
July 31 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298