Building Resiliency in Patients Admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit and Their Caregivers

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

126 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-01

Study Completion Date

2020-10-11

Brief Summary

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The investigators will compare a dyadic intervention (Recovering Together) with an attention placebo educational control in dyads of patients with acute neurological illnesses and their caregivers at risk for chronic emotional distress. The primary aim of this study is to determine the feasibility, credibility, and satisfaction with Recovering Together. The second aim is to show proof of concept for sustained improvement in emotional distress, post traumatic stress (PTS), resiliency and interpersonal communication outcomes in patients and caregivers.

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Detailed Description

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The investigators aim to improve the care of patients (pts) admitted to the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and their family caregivers (cgs) by conducting a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT; N=80 dyads; 60 completers) of the dyadic resiliency program ("Recovering Together") to prevent chronic emotional distress in both pts and their cgs. Eligible dyads include adult, English speaking pts with acute neurological injury (ANI) admitted to the NICU, cleared medically and cognitively for participation by the nursing team, and their primary cgs. Dyads who are randomly assigned to "Recovering Together" will receive 6 manualized sessions (2 in person at hospitalization and 4 through live video after discharge, to reduce burden and facilitate access to care) led by a clinical psychologist. Dyads who are randomly assigned to the attention placebo educational control condition will receive 6 manualized sessions (2 in person and 4 through live video with a clinical psychologist), modeled after the Recovering Together program that will control for the dose of the intervention and support from therapist. Dyads will complete assessment surveys before, after the intervention and 3 months later. Clinical data on demographics, diagnosis, ANI severity, and any medical complications will be extracted from electronic health records.

Conditions

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Acute Brain Injuries

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Recovering Together

Dyads who are randomly assigned to the Recovering Together program will receive any usual clinic care as determined by their clinicians. Additionally, dyads will be invited to participate in 6 30-minute skills sessions. All sessions will include both pt and cg. A clinical psychologist will deliver the majority of sessions while the PI will deliver at least 10% of the sessions. The main intervention goal is to provide dyads with resiliency and interpersonal communication skills necessary to optimize their recovery and reduce emotional distress and PTS.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Recovering Together

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will teach resiliency skills (mindfulness, coping, interpersonal communication, etc) within 2 in person sessions at hospitalization and 4 live video sessions after discharge. Both patient and caregiver will participate in all sessions

Health Education

Patients randomly assigned to the control condition will receive an educational program that mimics the dose and duration of the Recovering Together Program but without teaching any of the resiliency or interpersonal communication skills that are hypothesized to be responsible for improvement in emotional distress. The control will entail 2 in-person dyadic visits in the NICU and 4 dyadic virtual visits after discharge.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Recovering Together

The intervention will teach resiliency skills (mindfulness, coping, interpersonal communication, etc) within 2 in person sessions at hospitalization and 4 live video sessions after discharge. Both patient and caregiver will participate in all sessions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female patients, 18 years or older
* English fluency and literacy
* Access to high speed internet for video sessions
* Patient with an informal cg (family or friend who provides unpaid care) available and willing to participate
* Hospitalized with an acute brain injury within 1-2 days when first approached, OR the primary caregiver of a patient currently admitted with an acute brain injury
* Either patient or caregiver within the dyads screens in for depression, anxiety, and/or PTSD

Exclusion Criteria

* Permanent or severe cognitive impairment severe enough to impede participation - This will be determined by nurses through an assessment conducted as part of usual care (MMSE).
* Dyads where the patient is anticipated to die or to never be able to participate due to medical sequelae.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No