Efficacy and acceptability of a home-based, family-inclusive intervention for veterans with TBI: A randomized controlled trial.
Brain Inj
; 30(4): 373-387, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often undermines community re-integration, impairs functioning and produces other symptoms. This study tested an innovative programme for veterans with TBI, the Veterans' In-home Programme (VIP), delivered in veterans' homes, involving a family member and targeting the environment (social and physical) to promote community re-integration, mitigate difficulty with the most troubling TBI symptoms and facilitate daily functioning.SETTING:
Interviews and intervention sessions were conducted in homes or by telephone.PARTICIPANTS:
Eighty-one veterans with TBI at a VA polytrauma programme and a key family member.DESIGN:
This was a 2-group randomized controlled trial. Control-group participants received usual-care enhanced by two attention-control telephone calls. Follow-up interviews occurred up to 4 months after baseline interview. MAINMEASURES:
VIP's efficacy was evaluated using measures of community re-integration, target outcomes reflecting veterans' self-identified problems and self-rated functional competence.RESULTS:
At follow-up, VIP participants had significantly higher community re-integration scores and less difficulty managing targeted outcomes, compared to controls. Self-rated functional competence did not differ between groups. In addition, VIP's acceptability was high.CONCLUSION:
A home-based, family-inclusive service for veterans with TBI shows promise for improving meaningful outcomes and warrants further research and clinical application.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Veteranos
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Família
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Modalidades de Fisioterapia
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Integração Comunitária
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Lesões Encefálicas Traumáticas
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Brain Inj
Assunto da revista:
CEREBRO
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article