Evaluation of an Intervention Model for Family Crisis and Support

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

160 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-01-31

Brief Summary

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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 better and function better after going through the program.

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Detailed Description

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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 impact of the BIFI on the emotional well being, life satisfaction, functional independence, vocational status, and neurobehavioral functioning of persons with acquired brain injury (ABI).

Conditions

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Traumatic Brain Injury Brain Injury, Chronic

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI)

The Brain Injury Family Intervention (BIFI) was developed over the last decade based upon considerable clinical experience and research review. The BIFI is a structured approach to helping families address their most common and salient issues, concerns, and challenges. The BIFI is implemented in five 90-minute sessions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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BIFI

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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 Criteria

* 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.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No