A randomized practical behavioural trial of curriculum-based advocacy training for individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families.
Brain Inj
; 29(13-14): 1530-8, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
To test whether a curriculum-based advocacy training programme improves advocacy behaviour when compared to a matched group engaged in self-directed advocacy activities. RESEARCHDESIGN:
Community-based randomized practical behavioural trial. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Adults with moderate-severe TBI 1 or more years post-injury and their family members were recruited in Minnesota (4 years), Iowa and Wisconsin (each 3 years) and randomized into a curriculum-based or self-directed advocacy training group. Both groups met on the same day, at separate locations in the same city, once per month for 4 consecutive months. MAIN OUTCOMES ANDRESULTS:
Pre-post written and video testimony were rated using the Advocacy Behaviour Rating Scale (ABRS). Mean ABRS scores increased after intervention in both groups (curriculum n = 129, self-directed n = 128), but there was no significant difference in this increase between groups. When groups were combined, a significant pre-post improvement in mean ABRS scores was observed.CONCLUSIONS:
Curriculum-based advocacy training was not superior to a self-directed approach in improving ABRS scores. A significant improvement in expression of an advocacy message was observed when intervention groups were combined. These findings suggest that bringing together like-minded motivated individuals is more important than programme structure or content in changing advocacy behaviour.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Defensa del Paciente
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Terapia Conductista
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Lesiones Encefálicas
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Curriculum
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Brain Inj
Asunto de la revista:
CEREBRO
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos