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Problem Solving for Caregivers of Persons With Brain Injury

NCT ID: NCT00164645

Last Updated: 2006-04-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Brief Summary

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Family caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have long-term demands that tax their coping abilities and adversely affect their health and well-being. This project will test the effectiveness of a problem-solving training program tailored to the unique needs of family caregivers of persons with TBI. Over a 3-year period, family caregivers and their care recipients will be recruited and randomly assigned to a problem-solving intervention group (n=40 dyads) or a control group (n=40 dyads). Participants in the problem-solving intervention group will receive four face-to-face problem-solving training sessions and monthly telephone problem-solving sessions over the course of 1 year. Control group participants will receive a handbook of educational materials and a staff member will contact each control group participant monthly by telephone to review these materials and other informational needs. No problem-solving training will be provided to control participants throughout the year.

Caregivers and care recipients will be assessed at four points during their participation: at the initial assessment, at 4 months, at 8 months, and at the completion of the 1-year participation period. All evaluations will be conducted in the participants' homes. Measures of problem-solving ability, caregiver burden, and adjustment (depression, health, satisfaction with life) will be collected. Structural equation modeling and other regression/inferential analyses will be used to determine the effects of problem solving on caregiver adjustment over time after taking into account care recipient adjustment and caregiver ethnicity. This project will: (1) demonstrate how specified physical and emotional outcomes of caregivers and care recipients are related to caregiver problem-solving abilities and how these relationships vary as a function of time; (2) evaluate the effectiveness of a community-based, problem-solving intervention that will be delivered to caregivers; and (3) identify caregivers and care recipients with TBI who are at risk for adverse emotional and health outcomes.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury

Keywords

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Emotional outcomes health outcomes traumatic brain injury caregiving

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

ECT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Interventions

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Problem Solving intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Minimum age of 19 years Brain injury diagnosis at least 6 mos in-house non-paid caregiver of person with brain injury functional literacy caregiver willing to discuss abuse issues

Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Timothy R Elliot, PhD, ABPP

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Locations

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Patricia Rivera, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 205-934-3464

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Patricia Rivera, PhD

Role: primary

Related Links

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http://www.uab.edu/CaregiverProjects

Related Info

Other Identifiers

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CDC-NCIPC-00019101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id